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will be only repeating a fact known to a vast number 

 of gentlemen, if I say that no one in the trade has a 

 higher reputation for judgment and straightforward 

 dealing than Mr. Banks. The number of years he 

 has retained the custom of many gentlemen well 

 known in the mercantile and professional world, 

 as well as of the nobility and hunting men, is the 

 best proof of his standing in a trade which requires 

 much care and discretion, if both buyer and seller are 

 to be satisfied. In this he has beyond all doubt 

 succeeded to the fullest extent, as no establishment 

 of the kind in London stands higher, if so high, as 

 this, which, dating back for a period of nearly seventy 

 years, has stood the test of time and change, and 

 still maintains its high reputation at the present 

 date. Here may be seen harness horses, hacks, 

 hunters, and cobs of different styles and value. 



First you see a hunter of sixteen hands, fit to carry 

 any reasonable weight across Leicestershire; a prize 

 taker, a good-looking horse, that will not hang long 

 on hand, I should opine. Next a chesnut horse, the 

 property of a nobleman, formerly Master of the 

 Buckhounds, fit to carry a sexagenarian, or an 

 octogenarian for a matter of that, safely and pleas- 

 antly. After this a good-looking animal just arrived 

 from Scotland, his owner doubtless knowing that it 

 w^as worth while to send his nag this distance in 

 order to realise his full value, the fact of his being 

 found in " Banks' Commission Stable " beiug a suffi- 

 cient warranty that it is a genuine article that is 

 offered for sale. 



The stabling consists of some eighty stalls and 

 boxes, and the natty Avay in w^hich the plaited 



