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'The Utility of this Art confijls then in htowing hoiv to guide and 

 direEi your Horfe as you pleafe^ and in reduci7ig him to Obedience^ 

 fo as to make him execute readily what you require of him. Thus 

 far it is to be wifjd every Perfon who is converfant with Horfes, 

 -would endeavour to attain. The ornamental Part^ I have already 

 Jaidy is not fo requifte to be k7J0wn : It can ofily be called ait Ac- 

 C07nplifh7Jtd7tt ^ and placed, ajnong the fupejfuous but refill d Plea- 

 fur es of Life, hi what EJieein a7id Ho7wur however it has con- 

 fla77tly been held, abu7ida7ttly appears frofn the Schools a7td Acade- 

 mies every where ereEled for teaching its Kleme7its^ as well as from 

 the Nu77tber of Booh\ ancie7tt and fnodern^ given to the World 

 by e7ni7ie7it a7id accoinplifoed Perfo7is who have fludied and prac- 

 tisd it. Among thefe our illuflrious Country7nan, William Ca- 

 vendifli, Duke <?/' Newcaftle, has the highefi Claim to our Praife 

 a7id Achtowledgt7ie77ts. It wotdd be needkfs to defer ibe his Ex- 

 cellencies ; his Characier^ as a Ho7fe77ia7t^ is U7iiverfally known^ 

 aiid univerfally ad7nird. The Truth and Sou7idnefs of his Pri72- 

 ciples^ a7id the Exte?ifve7iefs of his Knowledge, have opeiied to 

 us an eafier.y a porter, a7td fiiore ce7'tai7i IVay to Perfe£lio7i in. 

 the Art, tha7i was hiow7i before. His Precepts have accord^, 

 ingly bee7i adopted by all fucceeding Profejfors, and his lF'riti77crs 

 confderd as the Oracle of Horfe77ia77fDip, notwithfl abiding a 

 Wa77t of Method and Exa&77efs, which has bee7t objeSied to 

 thin. To retnedy thefe l77tperfe&io7is, is the Defg7i of the pre- 

 fefit Undertaki72g, and the Labours of a judicious and expe- 

 rienced Foreig7ier^ mf}fl C07ifu7n7Hat^ in the Knowledge of the Art 

 he profejfes. He has prefented us with a new Syfle7n of Horfe- 

 7na7ifjip^ extra&ed froin the Rules of that great Mafler. The 

 Method and Co7icife7iefs with which he has digefled the Whole, 

 have. 77iade the Copy 77iuch lefs than the Original, but it is af77iall 



.3 well- 



