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possess. Those of the first class are timid and 

 easily alarmed at mere trifles; this may be con- 

 sidered as a constitutional infirmity, and as pro- 

 ceeding from nervous irritability ; they, therefore, 

 require (as we have already observed) kind and 

 gentle treatment. Of the second class, the hearty 

 horses, if I may be allowed thus to express my- 

 self, are more courageous, that is, they are not 

 so easily alarmed by trifling circumstances, and 

 when out at exercise they are playful and full of 

 their gambols ; nor, with but few exceptions, have 

 I found them much addicted to vice, either in or 

 out of the stables. The horses of the third class, 

 which consist of those of strong constitutions, of 

 course differ in their tempers ; some of them are 

 quiet, others are disposed, in the stables and 

 rubbing-house, to be vicious, and, speaking of 

 them generally, they are almost all inclined to 

 be idle or sluggish at exercise, requiring great 

 perseverance to get them along in their gallops 

 and sweats ; at least such was my experience of 

 them in my juvenile days. 



As the horses of this class are very great 

 feeders, they put up flesh quickly, and the con- 

 sequence of this is, that a groom is obliged to 

 give them a great deal of work. They have. 



