50 PURCHASING FROM THE STABLES. 



PRICE. 



If you are now purchasing for the turf, you 

 will pay from eight to fifteen hundred rupees, 

 according to age, caste, shape, &c., and your own 

 knowledge of making a bargain. You should 

 never exceed fifteen hundred for an untried horse, 

 however promising he may look. Many of the 

 best racers on this side of India, that were not 

 particularly handsome, or if handsome, not high, 

 have been bought by judges, and some by luck, 

 for there is a great deal of that, for from six to 

 twelve hundred. 



If you are purchasing for the parade, and get 

 all the points described under the following head 

 of Charger, with fine high action, fourteen hands 

 two inches high, high caste, handsome, and stylish, 

 four or five years old, and perfectly fresh and 

 unblemished, you get him cheap at fifteen hun- 

 dred. I should be happy to obtain such a one for 

 that sum, even if he were slight. 



If you are not so very particular, and can ex- 

 cuse an ugly head, a small eye, a filled up narrow 

 channel, a bent fore-leg, a small hock, a drooping 

 quarter, a straight shoulder, a bad neck, indifferent 

 action, or any other defect,- you ouglit to suit 



