HoAV To Buy. 



. Get Correct Information. 



Every horse owner sooner or later becomes a judge of what he 

 is buying. If he dej^ends entirely upon the lessons learned 

 through cheats are practiced upon him b}^ sharp jockej^s, life is 

 too short for him ever to become an adept in distinguishing vice, 

 unsoundness, '' dosed up" and used up horses as among the 

 various tricks and swindles practiced upon the ignorant and 

 unwary. Generally after being cheated, or absolutely swind-ed 

 a few times, the breeder goes to the only correct source of infor- 

 mation, concisely written and carefully illustrated books. He 

 is thus enabled not onh' to study, but subsequently to carry in liis 

 mind what he has read and seen ; he comes to compare critically 

 the living animal with the illustrations and descriptions, and 

 thus becomes an expert himself, and in a tenth part of the time 

 by which he could acquire correct information in any other wa}'. 

 This is precisely the means used by any professional man in the 

 acquisition of true knowledge in the pursuit of his profession, 

 whether it be in a learned profession or in the education to prac- 

 tical art. Thereafter practice makes perfect. 



II, The Buyer. 



Suppose he is looking for stock from which to breed trotting 

 horses. He mast then consider the t^^j^e of horse he wishes to 

 breed ; whether for speed alone, or for st^de and speed. That 

 is, first class road horses, or large, strong, able horses, com- 

 bining in as great a degree as may be large size, strength, endu- 

 rance and such style as may be conformable with this class of 

 horses. 



