Avowed supporters, whose rank and equestri- 

 an knowlege certainly entitle them to much con- 

 sideration, may feel their actions satirized, and 

 judgments called in question, I take up my 

 pen ; not to support Captain Blagrave's system of 

 managing horses — the almost* invariable success 

 attending its practice speaking loud enough on 

 that head — not to prove that the great personage 

 and the noblemen, &c. who are its supporters, 



tonal limbs into the offices of the Institution, he may see the 

 permission in the hand-writing of one of H. R. H's principal 

 attendants, which testimony he will hardly doubt. 



* Respecting the Institution, I would relate a few facts.— 

 From a conviction of the superiority of the plan of shoeing 

 practised there, I have had repeated oppoitunities of observ- 

 ing the trials made by the smiths at our end of the town to 

 come at it, and really with considerable ingenuity and effect; 

 indeed, short as is the time since the Institution was opened, 

 it has manifestly operated to improve the general practice of 

 shoeing: not only in London, but its beneficial effects have 

 so far been felt in distant parts of the kingdom, that applica- 

 tions are daily making to Captain Blagrave for instructions, 

 and pupils offering from all quarters. Many who have receiv- 

 ed their education at your College, wandering in the dark as 

 they were left by you, now act upon this systemas far as they 

 understand it, and I am of opinion that every one of your 

 pupils would be glad to do it if he had an opportunity ; nay, 

 I have little doubt but even your loving coutin, convinced 

 of the fallacy of the theory he has attempted to exalt, 

 might be induced to open his eyes on the truth ! To 

 have done with this subject, I do not hesitate to affirm that 



