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eaten) I have rid in amongft the Dogs, he Would 

 fo carefully avoid treading on them, that he has 

 more than once hazarded my Limbs (by making a 

 fdlfefiep) to (^AVQ theirs. From hence I infer, that 

 doubtlefs Horfes extreamly delight in huntings and 

 confequently, that it is a fit Exerctfe for them. 



Thir ily , Others Obiecft, That what foever Flea- 

 fure there may be in iiaming , they had rather deny 

 themfelvesthatfatisfadion than hazard the Laming 

 their Horfes^ which, ^.asthey are t.ld; few,or no Hm- 

 ters efcape. 



That Hunters are fomotifnes Lame^ I do not deny .• 

 but cannot aliow, that it proceeds alwaies from this 

 I.xtrcife* For'tis the Indifcretion of the Riders, in <^- 

 'verfixainmg their Horfes at LeapSy and by that m«;anes, 

 fometimes clapping them on the backzfneWf^ catching in 

 their- fijoos, and fuch like, and not the Sporty that is the 

 caufe of Lamencfs. But on the contrary , I will un- 

 dertake to fhew any man Twenty other Horfes lame 

 (which never knew what belonged to Hunting) for 

 One Hunter. There are feveral other Reasons belides 

 Hunting to be given for Lawenefs •, as for Inftance. 

 Much Travel ' though but moderate , if care be want- 

 ing) will produce iF/W-^^Z/j, and Splints^ which are 

 the fore-v uimeis of Lanienefs. Want of Exercife will 

 firr^.Uen the Hoofs., and dry up the f news \ and too much 

 negligence in Travail occalions Siirhating^ Foundring^ 

 and G; availing. Horfes ©n the Road oftentimes 

 fiumble, and now and thcn/^//, and fo become Lame» 

 Nri , ^Slip, or an Ot/^r-re-^c/j are as incident to the 

 J'ad^ as to the Hunter. And to conclude, the Horfe 

 that is Drefsdy is nioie liable to a Strain in the Back:, 

 4md Fillets^ thm the Hunter ^ by meanes of his jhort- 

 turns: ib thiit you may perceive that Lamifiefs is £- 

 fidemical ^ .md chcreloie no more to be objected a- 

 ^smii Huntii^g-Horfes^, tjian the reft of that Species. , 



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