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justice, always remembering that horses are not innately 

 vicious : they derive whatever vice they ever have from 

 the impolicy or cruelty of their users and attendants ; 

 but when any one bad trick thus acquired has become 

 a confirmed bad habit, it is a VICE. 



Price. 



It is frequently believed, that when a certain price, 

 varying in amount according to the different notions of 

 different people, is paid for a horse, and that price 

 is accepted by the vendor, a warranty is implied. The 

 absurdity of such a conclusion is evident from what may 

 be deduced from the preceding pages, inasmuch as we 

 have therein seen that most useful horses may fail to 

 come up to the strict standard of soundness, while 

 some of the most worthless and useless are strictly 

 entitled to such a warranty. 



This view is strengthened by the fact that, while no 

 used or second-hand horse exists which has not a bar to 

 a warranty for soundness, yet, not unfrequently, several 

 hundred guineas are given for a horse on account of its 

 well-known superior qualities and usefulness. On this 

 subject, consult my work on " The Horse/' A distinct 

 kind of warranty for horses of this class is, therefore, a 

 great desideratum. 



A horse which, contrary to his natural normal 

 condition, can seldom do one day's very hard work 



