THE SPORTING WORLD. 99 



It is quite true we should not want the 

 thorough bred horse if we were content to he 

 drawn by a pair of coach horses, that were in 

 fact formerly little better than a couple of cart 

 horses of a better sort trimmed up ; nor should we 

 want him or his progeny if we travelled or took 

 an airing with a lady on a pillion behind us ; but 

 we are not content with this, nor is it to be 

 expected that in a country where every thing 

 progresses our taste in horses, and what we 

 require of them, should stand still. 



It is therefore by the encouragement of 



racing the fine breed of horses we own are 



kept up. We are not to carp at a man's 



keeping race horses because he derives pleasure 



from the parsuit, and say he is actuated by no 



views as regards the general good ; he does it, 



and society is benefitted by his so doing. 



One of the great characteristics of a man is 



the choice of his pleasures, and his being 



praiseworthy or to be reprobated mainly consists 

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