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on his fore-parts for safety, bis head at liberty, and 

 bis bannches well under him in bis gallop. Why, 

 be could go half as fast again as be could in the way 

 he had been ridden. "What bad his new master been 

 at with him during the last fortnight ? he bad been 

 teaching him to undo all his late master had taught 

 him ; the purchaser saw this, knew he was a good 

 horse spoiled for the time, bis own, that be swapped 

 for him, drawing a handsome sum, will, be fairly 

 prognosticates, be spoiled too, if bis present owner 

 continues to ride him. Well, it matters not, he rides 

 as he likes, and his horses go as they like ; he rides 

 up to hounds in the way most pleasant to himself, is 

 a good-natured and well-disposed man ; but to teach 

 him to improve would be impossible — be is too old to 

 learn ; and I am afraid be is too old also to learn how 

 to make money by bis horses. 



It may be said, that most arts are to be learned so 

 as to enable a man to perform his part in such arts 

 with moderate skill : I allow they may, and so may 

 riding, but it must be observed, that a man thus 

 taught is taught to ride a horse that is taught too ; 



