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not sufficiently untruthful to imperil wholly the 

 veracity of the would-be vender. 



If, my friend, you have an utterly worn-out horse, 

 which, were you either an angel or a Croesus, you 

 would conscientiously describe as such — or, better, 

 commit to the boiler — for catalogue purposes the 

 following may, perhaps, be a suitable definition : 

 *' CHmax," a chestnut gelding, aged, " a finished 

 hunter." 



The second of the string you wish to dispose of 

 is possibly a rank refuser, which no earthly power can 

 induce to negotiate any obstacle which chance may 

 throw in her way. We will style that excellent and 

 discreet mare '' Prudence," and write her down, 

 without prevarication, as " a careful fencer." 



If your third horse is a runaway, " Retreat " will 

 be an appropriate name (it also savours somewhat of 

 peaceful security), and that brown gelding may be 

 pronounced as " free in saddle and harness, fast, 

 and will go straight anywhere," and, further, to in- 

 spire confidence, you may add, " A snaffle-bridle 

 horse," as, in truth, any horse is, provided that the 

 rider is fool big enough to risk his neck on the 

 brute's back in such unsuitable tackle ! 



The horse that, whilst in your possession, has, from 

 his vicious propensities in the field, established an 

 unenviable notoriety, yoa may justly describe as "a 



