140 WARRANTY OF 



If the proposed purchase is warranted to be in hunting 

 condition, a fair and moderate trial with hounds, or in 

 other words, an ordinary day's hunt, is justifiable ; and, 

 if you cannot insure the company of the owner for this 

 purpose, it is important to obtain his previous consent 

 to the extreme test to which you propose to subject the 

 horse. 



For a real and experienced horseman, a short trial 

 suffices ; for he knows well the state of condition that 

 the horse under trial requires to qualify him for his 

 work, and the necessity for making ample allowance for 

 any apparent defect. 



Stopping. 



Some horses have a trick of suddenly stopping, or 

 pulling up short, when going at a fast pace. A horse 

 of this kind is dangerous, from the likelihood of his 

 throwing moderate riders over his head : such a trick 

 is a VICE. 



This trick is additionally dangerous, because a horse 

 that has this habit will, probably, if hastily urged on to 

 start afresh, begin some other trick. If this habit 

 is not of very recent growth, it is difficult to cure, 

 requiring a true horseman's vigilance and patience : the 

 horse is, however, SOUND. 



But where disease of the eyes is the cause of this 

 habit, no cure can be effected until the disease is 

 removed, and, in the interim, the horse is UNSOUND. 



