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would not only prove advantageous to himfelf, 

 but ufeful to the public. 



Thefe horfes fhould be bred to be from fif- 

 teen to fixteen hands high, fhould walk light 

 five miles an hour, trot twelve; and if one now 

 and then turned out rather low, he would not- 

 withstanding fetch a good deal of money for 

 carrying fome heavy gentleman. 



Horfes of this defcription are hardy, and re- 

 quire lefs food to fupport them than the long- 

 waiftedwafhy things of fafhion, which fome half 

 connoifTeurs in horfe- flefh are fo fond of. 



The general opinion is, that, if a horfe is put 

 to draw, it will make him (tumble. If he is 

 over-weighted and worn down, this pofiibly 

 may be true : but keep a horfe above his work, 

 and he will be no worfe for the faddle. I have 

 a proof of this in a mare I now ride. She is of 

 the breed I recommend. I bought her, when 

 fhe was four years old, out of a man's team, 

 which he worked for hire. He had drawn her 

 two years very hard, yet fhe has carried me 

 (though I ride nineteen ftone) nine years, and 

 has never once been down with me, although 

 I have ridden her over as dangerous roads as 

 any in the kingdom— in Derbyfhire, Chcfhire, 



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