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wooden animals, and then buy a horse with one 

 as like them as possible ; but, as I anticipate my 

 reader not to be quite one of this sort, or to want 

 a horse merely to please the multitude, I should 

 recommend him to look at the horses of some of 

 the many sportsmen, sensible men, and men of 

 acknowledged good judgment in horses, that at a 

 particular season he will see riding in that place. 

 I am ready to grant that a park horse is an animal 

 for show purpose ; that he should be handsome, 

 we will say beautiful : it is not necessary he should 

 have the indications of crossins: a country, but 

 he should have indications of being of esteemed 

 make of his kind ; and, allowing him to be a toy, 

 he should possess that form and those attributes 

 that indicate his being safe, pleasant to ride, and 

 graceful in his action. Let him show these, and 

 be he charger, Arab, Spanish Jennet, cob, or 

 thoroughbred, the judgment of the rider will 

 not be disputed. Others may not like the kind ; 

 but this is a mere matter of taste. A £jood thinoj 

 of any kind must be admired by every man of 

 liberal mind. It is only where mere show and a 

 bad sort is exhibited, that the judgment, and to a 

 certain degree the sense, of the rider becomes 

 questionable. 



The rockincj-horse kind of neck I allude to is 

 rarely seen appertaining to the high-bred horse, 

 and, though well looking enough for harness, will 



