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of which should be very good, and nine-tenths of 

 which, if intended for the stud, should be perfect at 

 all events in their legs and feet. How many now go 

 there with these requisites you may judge for your- 

 self by inspecting. Bear in mind, then, that those 

 who desire to purchase handsome horses of good 

 make, whether thorough-bred or only three -parts 

 bred, with a little more certainty than they have at 

 present, that their pedestals will be capable of stand- 

 ing fair work, without displaying symptoms of 

 hereditary impairment, will not rest satisfied with the 

 superficial argument : — that "our horses can't be so 

 very bad considering that we beat all the world in 

 speed over the Turf." That is very fallacious and in- 

 conclusive reasoning, for it has been accomplished at 

 the expense of the horse's lower stories, the melan- 

 choly state of which proves that one-half of them 

 though useful for the soft turf against soft men are 

 useful for little else. It is asserted likewise in the 

 same manner, and perhaps correctly in some points 

 of view, that your sheep can't be so very bad, indeed, 

 that you have the finest in the world ; and also the 

 finest strawberries in the world, though many con- 

 noiseurs are of opinion that by the forcing system, 

 pursued to get them, both have deteriorated in taste 

 and flavour. You have also, perhaps, the finest 



