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j^ast and present centuries ; from which the public will be 

 able to judge whether we possess such good horses now 

 as we did one hundred years ago. 



As Englishmen it is our duty to do all in our j)ower to 

 prevent the decline and fall of the British utility horse, 

 for such certainly will take place unless we bestir our- 

 selves to energetic action in supplying a commodity 

 which we now in great measure obtain from foreign 

 sources. Is it not a national disgrace that England of 

 the past, which supplied Euroj^e with her best horses, 

 should now be dependent upon Continental countries for 

 her useful supplies ? 



Reader! Assist in rescuing us from an impending 

 national calamity ? It can be accomplished by the 

 adoption of means similar to, if not identical with, those 

 detailed in the following pages. 



JAMES IRVINE LUPTON. 



Dunstable House, Riclimond, Surrey. 

 May 27th, 1881. 



