88 WARRANTY OF 



vices are barred, or whether they amount to a reason 

 for the total rejection of the horse or not. 



Should you, however, put a horse into harness with- 

 out having a guarantee that he is quiet to drive, and he 

 then proves guilty of one or more of the active vices, 

 you cannot return him. 



" Warranted quiet in harness " bars all injurious 

 vices affecting that particular work. There is one vice, 

 however, said to be questionable, although I doubt it ; 

 that is, "jibbing," or refusing to move when required 

 to do so. But where the horse runs back, there can be 

 no doubt about the vice proving dangerous and a bar to 

 a perfect warranty. Lying down, another trick of a 

 jibber, is also a dangerous vice, if only on account of 

 the shafts, independently of other and personal risks. 

 Also, where the horse, after standing awhile, goes off 

 with a violent rush, rear, or plunge, there can be no 

 doubt of the danger (except in skilful hands), or of the 

 vice. This also requires some qualification, as a mere 

 jump, lift, or start at a canter may be magnified by the 

 timid. Again, it is a query whether it is not the 

 coachman, rather than the horse, that is in fault ; and in 

 the former case the horse is not to be held to be vicious. 



A horse may be quiet in harness, yet very vicious 

 and dangerous out of it, either in the stable or to ride. 

 These are not included in a warranty of " quiet in har- 

 ness/' because in the last two cases he is out of the 



