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wishes, if necessary: he will know that if he 

 states the purpose to which the horse is to be 

 applied, and whether show or use, or both com- 

 bined, be wanted, the proper horse for the purpose 

 will be sent him, whether it is to carry eight 

 stone or eighteen, to draw a brougham or a pony 

 carriage ! possibly, nay, most probably, the horse 

 sent will be quite a different sort of animal to the 

 one he would have purchased for himself. In 

 fact, the one being a judge, and the other no 

 judge at all, it is twenty to one but it will be so; 

 for if not, there would be no use in employing 

 another person. What is, however, generally the 

 result ? He finds the one sent carries or draws 

 him pleasantly and safely ; he has got what he 

 wanted for his use, and probably writes and tells 

 the purchaser he would not take twice the mo- 

 ney given, if it was offered him, to part with his 

 purchase. He would be quite right in refusing 

 it, unless the same judge would good-naturedly 

 undertake to get him another, and even then he 

 would be wise to hesitate. It is bad economy in 

 a man, who is not conversant with buying and 

 selling, to part from anything that suits him for 

 profit on its sale ; nor should such a man, if suited, 

 ever part from a horse which, taking him on the 

 whole, does his business well and comfortably, 

 under the idea of getting perfection. He will not 



