CHAPTER V 



AGE OF THE HORSE. 



When purchasing a horse, it is necessary to 

 exercise particular care with reference to its 

 age, because its utiHty and pecuniary value is 

 to a large extent regulated by the latter. 



Moreover, the seller of an old horse com- 

 monly makes a practice of representing the 

 animal to be " seven " — certainly not beyond 

 eight — all the time knowing that the animal 

 is probably from sixteen to twenty years of 

 age. 



Deception as to age is certainly one of 



the most prevalent tricks the horse vendor 



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