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not proving up to specifications, to replace him 

 with a stallion of equal value, and he the 

 guarantor sets the value. There is not a 

 great chance for the buyer in such a deal, but 

 somehow he manages to worry along from year 

 to year. Most reputable firms prefer to treat 

 their customers liberally and keep them satis- 

 fied on the ground, no doubt, that a pleased 

 customer is the best advertisement, for no 

 guarantor can be compelled at law to do much 

 under that sort of a contract. 



The seller should put in writing all he prom- 

 ises to do and sign his name to his promises. 

 The law is peculiar in regard to commercial 

 transactions "on inspection" and there is no 

 special protection for the man who goes into 

 a deal with his eyes open. He is supposed to 

 watch out for himself. A guarantee of abso- 

 lute soundness need never be expected. No 

 sane man would give such an one. Legal com- 

 plications must, however, always be unravelled 

 by lawyers in the long run and therefore when 

 a buyer goes afield to bring home a stallion 

 he would better post himself at the fountain 

 head freshly on the intricacies of the law. If 

 he gets from the seller his bill of sale, a guar- 

 antee of average potency, the pedigree cer- 

 tificate and transfer and, a definite statement 

 that the horse bought is really the one named 

 in the papers, he will be getting about all that 

 is coming to him as the business is usually 



