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speedy cutting does not depend on velocity, but 

 action and formation of parts. I am quite awarei 

 that a horse going in a slovenly manner six miles 

 an hour may not lift himself enough to cut speedy; 

 and that when Ave gather him np and make him 

 exert himself, he may do so : this, however, only 

 proves he goes badly at all times, and that, when he 

 Is urged to lift his legs a little higher than usual, 

 he hits the first prominent part his foot comes 

 In contact with. Such are most sovereign brutes. 

 I once took one in exchange (I hope I need not 

 say drawing money), drove him once^ and then 

 exchanged him for cash wdth the first person I 

 could find of that description of whom it is said 

 that they " and their money are soon parted." 

 This brute went well enough, though he could 

 not manage five miles in half an hour ; at least 

 I should think he would not. He cut from the 

 formation of his feet; they were wdiat I detest 

 — remarkably large and platter-like : in short, he 

 could not keep them out of the way of his legs. 

 I never saw but one galloping horse in my life, 

 who was a clipper that had large feet. 



In justification of my abhorrence of slow, high-' 

 actioned horses, and to show that cutting speedy is 

 not the effect of pace, the horse with high action 

 that will not interfere at all while fresh, will often- 

 cut severely when fatigued ; and, as most horses- 

 become slow when tired, it shows the crreat draw- 



