Description of a HORS E-R ACE. 129 
Be this as it may, I cannot help thinking, it would be happy 
if a law were made to curb the licentious fpirit of gaming, which 
prevails on thefe occafions. At the fame time this entertainment 
of horfe- racing might be varied, as well as rendered ufeful. 
Horfes of mod fpeed are of lead: ufe, unlefs they are alfo hardy 
and fit for the road. But if premiums were allotted to thofe 
who produced the three larged, or mod beautiful horfes of bed 
paces, either for the cart, coach, or faddle, it might produce 
very happy efle&s. In this cafe, in order to prevent idlenefs, the 
meeting fhould be only once a year, in fuch counties as the le- 
gislature fhould appoint, and the horfes not to be brought to 
the race-grotind above ten miles from the places were they were 
foaled. 
What heightened the pleafure of this evening’s entertainment, 
was a fecond meeting with all our Salisbury friends, and with 
them the agreeable Mr. g ********, whom we had not feen 
before, with my little philofopher, his fon. Amongd many 
fine perfons of both fexes, who appeared on this occafion, the 
mod didinguifhed was lord p******: his equipage, and afli- 
duous courtfhip of lady r* «*****'*, attracted the eyes of all 
beholders. If fame faid true, die had already given him a flat 
denial, but now relented, and ’ere long might deny again. The 
poet might fay what he pleafed, but the woman who capitu- 
lates is not therefore lod. Contrary to the law of arms, you 
Arike your colors ; and, if you think fit, let them fly again, 
without any danger of military execution. Indeed there is 
greater generofity in faving after condemnation, than to execute 
after promife of a reprieve. Adieu. I am yours, &c. 
S PAR. T 
