DASH-BOARD — DEALERS 



their heads pointing inwards and their tails turned to the 

 wind when the weather is particularly bad. The correct 

 colours of the Dartmoor pony are brown, bay, and black. 

 Chestnut and grey are not true colours, and may be regarded 

 as a sure indication of impurity of breeding, whilst roans, 

 piebalds, and skew-balds are never seen. 



Dash-board. — See Splash-board. 



Deafness is not so great a misfortune for a horse to 

 possess as might at first be imagined, for although it prevents 

 an animal from being guided by its rider's or driver's voice, 

 it is often associated with great docility, deaf horses being 

 usually very easily controlled by the rein. 



Dealers must be regarded as a necessary evil of the 

 horse world, the expression " evil " being applied to them 

 owing to the fact that, unfortunately, a considerable number 

 of their body ignore the fact that honesty is the best policy 

 in business transactions. On the other hand, there are 

 hundreds of horse dealers whose methods of carrying on 

 their businesses are absolutely beyond reproach, and whose 

 integrity is above suspicion. In the hands of such men the 

 inexperienced buyer is safe, provided that he is sensible 

 enough to understand that if he wants a perfect horse he 

 must be prepared to pay for it. Many dealers are willing 

 to buy horses for customers on commission provided a 

 reasonable sum is paid them for their services, and when a 

 man of good reputation and sound judgment undertakes 

 such a duty, the money paid to him is usually well spent. 

 As a rule the professional dealer who is not ashamed of his 

 vocation and does not profess to be something that he is 

 not, is a far more satisfactory individual to deal with than 

 the amateur dealer who poses as being a superior class of 

 tradesman and charges fancy prices accordingly. Above 

 all, the man who habitually adds to his income by always 

 having a friend who has " just the horse " the uninitiated 



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