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grand desiderata for the cavalry." To obtain these 

 quaHfications sires and dams must be chosen which 

 possess them ; and after that masters must be selected 

 who are capable of pairing these sires and dams to 

 the greatest advantage, so as to better any doubtful 

 point, and get rid of any undesirable white leg or dis- 

 pleasing shade of colour. There are few English 

 horsemen, stable-men, classical men, or moneyed men, 

 who do not deem themselves fully equal to this task, 

 and I have, therefore, only to state, that whether 

 they have gained their education in Blindfold Alley, 

 or in Castle Square, they will all eventually be com- 

 pelled to bow to the truism that " Like will beget 

 like." For though it is no very uncommon occur- 

 rence to alight on folks so clever as to be able to turn 

 all their geese into swans, yet it will prove labour in 

 vain to attempt to get horses from donkeys". 



* The average weight of an EngHsh Life Guardsman, Heavy 

 Dragoon, Light Dragoon (Hussar), Light Dragoon (Lancer), 

 French Cuirassier, and German Uhlan is about as follows : — 



According to this the average weight of a Life Guardsman is 



