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giving to the mechanism of his form force of 

 power ; both of which are very well known to be 

 requisite to all race horses in the running of long 

 lengths under high weights. 



As it would be difficult, I expect, to find a race 

 horse as I have here described he should be, 

 allowances ought therefore to be made in the en- 

 gaging of any race horse to run, according to the 

 powers he may possess, and similar allowances 

 should also be made in the purchasing of this or 

 any other description of horse. The way I have 

 always made such allowances, in the purchasing 

 of horses, is, after having examined him tho- 

 roughly as to his constitutional and other points, 

 if I find the good points he has overbalance his 

 bad ones, and that he has action (particularly in 

 his walk), and is sound, I buy him, unless in- 

 deed the price asked for him should be very con- 

 siderably above his value. 



Before I conclude this chapter, with due sub- 

 mission to my readers, I will here remark, that 

 1 think if breeders were to be more cautious in 

 selecting the horses and the mares they intend 

 to breed from, as to how they were bred, and the 



