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the mare, her keep, and other incidental char- 

 ges, are to be conficj^red : and I will venture 

 to fay, that if a horfe does not fetch twenty 

 pounds at the age of four years, he does not pay 

 the breeder* 



Horfesfhouid only be bred where land is fitu- 

 ated fo far from a market as to make it incon- 

 venient to difpofe of the produce : but there is 

 no animal pays fo well; provided you are care- 

 ful in the breed. If a little more care than is 

 generally pradlifed were obferved, the breed un- 

 doubtedly would be better; for there is certain- 

 ly room for improvement, A farmer goes to a 

 fair with an intention of buying a mare to car- 

 ry him on the road — a low-priced one certainly. 

 If the fair is of any repute, it will be crowded 

 with horfe-dealers from different parts in fearch 

 of horfes of all defcriptions : many of thefc 

 horfe dealers will have commifTions from gen- 

 tlemen to purchafc without refpedl to price ; 

 and although the farmer may have had judg- 

 ment to pick up any thing tolerably adtive and 

 clever, the horfe-jockeys are ready to run over 

 one another to buy it of him* The farmer, for 



the fake of a great profit, fells his mare, and 



puts 



