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skill and experience, with "all appliances 

 and means to boot," to attain to an emi- 

 nence in it assuming fame, and not 

 profit, to be the object. 



Establishments comprising every capa- 

 bility for carrying out this rational and 

 national amusement, are scattered over 

 the country, and are to be found in 

 almost every county in England ; but, 

 for a regular organized system of ma- 

 nagement, and for every arrangement 

 and convenience for the breeding, rear- 

 ing, and training the race-horse, few 

 could come up to, and none could sur- 

 pass, that of the late Earl of Egremont, at 

 Petworth. 



The diversity of the soil was well 

 calculated for every stage in the growth 

 of this valuable animal. The rich pas- 

 tures of the water-meadows gave ample 

 nourishment to the suckling, while the 

 dry, sandy nature of the adjacent lands, 



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