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faithfully believes it to be his duty to make money at 

 the expense of his neighbour, still it is something to 

 belong to a class that are a shade more honest than 

 any other class, but if their honesty is allowed, they 

 must stand self-convicted of ignorance of the proper 

 form of the horse. On the horns of this dilemma, 

 namely, that they are either honestly ignorant or 

 knavishly wise, I intend to fix all who may dispute the 

 principles here propounded. 



The Apollo Belvidere and the Venus de Medicis 

 are supposed to be the most perfect models of the 

 proper forms and figures of men and women, and ac- 

 cording as every male and female approach the 

 nearest to each of these respective forms the better 

 they are allowed to be made. Where am I to search 

 for the proper model of a handsome horse ? Perhaps I 

 shall not be far wrong in recommending the statue 

 George the Third is mounted on in Cockspur Street as 

 one of the best for a useful blood horse, and applicable 

 to all the combinations of Charger, Hunter, Park 

 Hack, or Eacer. This statue has been objected to by 

 some persons as conveying the idea that the horse is a 

 small horse, but the Venus de Medicis might be 

 objected to for the same reason. To find a large 

 thoroughbred horse of upwards of sixteen hands in 

 height of a perfect and Arabian-like form is as difficult 



