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cannot do so, put as light weight on him as you 

 please. Thus many a really good horse gets con- 

 demned, or, at all events, his merits are prevented 

 shewing themselves, from his carr5'iDg weight beyond 

 his powers, that is, beyond his powers of carrying it, 

 and, at the same time, shewing himself in his true 

 character; for, be it remembered, we are not to judge 

 of weight-carrying power by size and apparent strength. 

 There is a peculiar power some horses naturally possess, 

 and some acquire by habit, that enables them to carry 

 a couple of stone more than their appearance would 

 warrant ; whereas, on the other hand, some strengthy- 

 looking ones have not, and never acquire, such 

 ability. 



There are many horses that have a seeming dread 

 of water ; they may possess, and willinglj^ manifest, 

 the power of wide jumping at ordinary fences, but 

 will hesitate, and many refuse, a brook of only ten 

 feet water. 



The friend I have alluded to as having a horse 

 under his weight, and who cannot, from some cause, 

 get through dirt, has, at the same time, one of these 



