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to which all horses should be accustomed. It is very 

 much the practice with drivers to leave their horses 

 standing in a carriage, without any person to hold 

 them, for hours together. Having seen the worst of 

 consequences result from this practice, (and with horses 

 under the character of being gentle,) I would recom- 

 mend that drivers should never give up their reins, 

 until they are prepared with some person sufficiently 

 strong to hold them. By using such precaution, the 

 overturning and breaking many fine carriages, and the 

 ruining for ever many valuable and elegant carriage 

 horses, would be avoided. 



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RACE HORSE. 



It is a remarkable fact, that horses run in all shapes. 

 But most generally, those excel upon the turf, that are 

 of the following form : head and neck thin, small, and 

 delicate; eyes large, plump, and full of expression; 

 nostrils wide, red, and expanded; throttle large; 

 shoulders high, thin, and running very far back; breast 

 plump, full, and wide ; body long, round, and rather 

 hght than heavy; back short as possible; thighs long, 

 large, full, and bulging; fore arm large and swelling 

 towards his breast ; hocks broad, strong, and bony ; 

 legs of moderate size, thin, flat, and sinewy; pasterns 

 rather long and small, than otherwise; feet of propor- 

 tionable size to the balance of his form; though, of the 

 two extremes, small is the best; he should be nervous, 

 tractable, and of good spirit, and he should be from 

 five feet to five feet four inches high. Such a horse, 

 well managed, kept and placed in races, will seldom 

 fail to distinguish himself on the turf. 



