92 WAIIRANTY OF 



on the off fore-foot, but upon which he has gone sound 

 during the whole of the last three months, since its 

 formation. He is six years old. 



Height and Age. 



The last form is also a warranty of age, that he is 

 past his fifth and not yet in his seventh year : for horses 

 never alter less than one year at a time. Thorough-bred 

 horses date from January of one year to January of the 

 next. Hackneys, hunters, and harness horses, in fact 

 all horses but the race-horse, date from May of one year 

 to the May following : it matters not in what month 

 they may have been foaled. If you can prove he has 

 not arrived at his sixth year, or that he has entered 

 his seventh, you can, if you are so disposed, return 

 the horse. 



You will perceive that this last receipt is for a horse 

 - meaning thereby an entire one neither gelding nor 

 mare. His height is also mentioned ; but if you have 

 any particular reason for stating his exact height, it 

 must be on a special warranty placed after the word 

 "height," and not before it, or it will be presumed that 

 you might have had him measured at the time of pur- 

 chase. In order to avoid quibbling, it is the best way, 

 where a given height is required, to put the horse under 

 the standard. Even then there is much sleight of hand 

 going on. Strict attention must, therefore, be paid if 



