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very young, but we turn from it with disgust when 

 shewn by the man of maturer years. 



Many a good horse have I seen going with hounds 

 under much distress from the sheer affectation of his 

 master sitting down on his seat, riding with a 

 loose rein, and pretending to take a burst as coolly, 

 and as much at his ease, as a canter up Rotten Row. 

 Many a brother sportsman has seen the same thing, 

 and, I suspect, when they did see it, came to about 

 the same conclusion as myself, that a man assuming 

 such style, instead of (as he wished to do) calling 

 forth the envy or admiration of others, only proved, 

 that if he owned better horses, he also owned weaker 

 brains than most other men out; and further, I 

 never knew such a man generally liked. 



I have, in a prior part of this essay, stated how 

 much disappointment, loss, and mortification, occurs 

 in racing matters from a want of knowledge and 

 practice in them, particularly in the riding part of 

 the business ; and in this part, vanity often produces 

 pretty much the same eflfect. It would seem there 

 is some peculiar charm in putting on a silk jacket, 



