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and unfair indeed to deceive and take advantage 

 of you ; but if you are a judge, (a question I 

 always like to ask, if I can do so without giving 

 offence,) then you have no right to complain of 

 being outwitted: you dubbed yourself; the more 

 shame for you to acknowledge being so quickly 

 dismounted. 



Remember, however, that though a good Arab 

 may be found without all the points I have 

 described, a bad Arab will never be found with 

 them ; and also, that a horse may be of the 

 highest caste, and yet have no great speed, in 

 consequence of some faultiness of build, or being 

 more adapted for the purposes of parade. A 

 charger, racer, and carriage-horse, cannot be all 

 of perfect build in one and the same skin : you 

 cannot expect to obtain all these qualities in 

 one horse, though they are much more nearly 

 procurable in the Arab than the English breed. 

 A draught horse seldom makes a good riding 

 horse ; you must make up your mind what 

 you want, and be thankful if you get it. 



For any purpose except the turf, always choose 

 make before blood. A three-part bred Arab, 

 of the proper form, will be preferable for either 

 charger or hunter, to better caste faultily built; 

 and for the carriage, half-bred, if well made, 

 will also be better than mor^ blood with less 



