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upon his premifes ; though not worth a 

 month's keep. 



But how abfurd. The price of the leap, 

 the keep of the mare, and the care and keep 

 of her progeny, from the time they drop to 

 the time of fale, is the fame, whether they 

 be fold from ten to fifteen, or from forty 

 to fifty pounds each. 



Almofl every thing depends upon the 

 MARE. There is an inftance, in this neigh- 

 bourhood, of the offspring of one mare be r 

 ing fold to dealers for four or five hundred 

 pounds. What are a few guineas in the firft 

 purchafe of a good mare ? and what are a 

 few days plowing, or a few rides to market, 

 compared with the difference between a race 

 of good and of ordinary horfes ? 



It appears to me evidently, that much re- 

 mains to be done in this department of Rural 

 Economics. Good STALLIONS may be had 

 for money ; and the different hunts in the 

 fouth of England will, fo long as they re- 

 main, be a fource of MARES moft fuitable to 

 the purpofe of breeding CAPITAL HUNTERS. 

 Mares lamed or ftiffened by fevere exercife, 

 find improper treatment, are generally to be 

 M 4 bought 



