so OBSERVATIONS. 



if so, t-iie adveo hirers may as probably stand' 

 in iieed of an mstroctor to point out the dif- 

 ference between a horse and a mare^ 



Notwithstanding these instructions may 

 contribute to form the judgment of a juvenile 

 and inexperienced purchaser, yet he should 

 never attempt to obtain a high priced horse^ 

 from the hammer of a modern^ repository, 

 without the advantage of an assistant per- 

 fectly adequate to the arduous task of discri- 

 mination. Let it be remembered, at such 

 mart of Integriti)^ a horse is seldom, if ever, 

 displayed, in a state of nature ; he is thrown 

 into a variety of alluring attitudes, and a 

 profusion oi fake-Jire, by the powerful in- 

 termediation of art — that predominant in- 

 centive Uie whip before, and the aggravating 

 stimulus of the ginger behind, (better under- 

 stood by the appellation of **y?Jg.g*iwV') giv- 

 ing to the horse all the appearance of spirit, 

 (in fact fear) that the injudicious spectator is 

 too often imprudently induced to believe the- 

 spontaneous effort of nature. 



During the superficial survey, in those fevr 

 iiiinutes allowed for inspectioa and purchase^ 



