This _data_ judiciously and occasionally adverted to, will sufficiently widen the ground of information to every comprehension; it being only necessary to hold in memory the additional circumstance, that horses fed too high, without proportional work, exercise, and evacuations, must become _full_, _plethoric_, and ultimately disordered; while, on the contrary, those whose blood is permitted to become impoverished from a want of the necessary supply of FOOD, will soon display it in a wasting of the flesh, a contracted state of the crest, and, if long continued, probably produce some of those diseases originating in a serious and acrimonious state of the blood.
DIOMED—was in great repute as a racer, and afterwards as A STALLION at ten guineas a mare. He was bred by Sir C. BUNBURY; got by _Florizel_; dam by _Spectator_, and grand-dam by _Blank_; was foaled in 1777, and proved himself an equal runner with the best horse of his time. As a stallion, he has propagated some of the finest stock in the kingdom. DIOMED is the sire of _Anthony_, _Charlotte_, _Grey Diomed_, _Laïs_, _Mademoiselle_, _Playfellow_, _Quetlavaca_, _Sir Cecil_, _Whiskers_, _Montezuma_, _Glaucus_, _Speculator_, _Champion_, _Little Pickle_, _Michael_, _Monkey_, _Young Grey Diomed_, _Snip_, _Tom_, _Robin Grey_, _Dalham_, _Guatimozin_, _Habakkuk_, _Adela_, _Cædar_, _Switch_, _Greyhound_, _Laurentina_, _Poplar_, _Wrangler_, and _Egham_; all considered WINNERS; exclusive of many others who won MATCHES and SWEEPSTAKES, (as _colts_ and _fillies_,) but were never named.
DISEASE—is not only a state of the body directly opposite to the standard of health, but may be defined of two kinds; as those with which we are afflicted by the influence of a superior Power, whose wisdom we are not permitted to explore; and by others that, in acts of _neglect_ and _indiscretion_, we bring upon ourselves. Diseases are differently conceived: some writers describe them by their _cause_, some by their _effect_: leaving the investigation in a kind of medical mystery, bearing no ill affinity to theological ambiguity. In fact, the word is only introduced here to remind every reader, that, in respect to both MAN and HORSE, prevention is preferable to CURE.