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satisfied yourself that the horse can see all 

 right, and does not make too loud a noise, 

 and has good feet to stand on, you may buy 

 him if the price is right, and you have re- 

 ceived assurances that he is free from "vice," 

 when a horse is returnable to the seller if you 

 find that he is given to bolting, crib-biting, 

 rearing up, or marked shying. In any of 

 these cases a horse, although bought, must 

 be taken back if the purchaser decides to 

 insist upon his rights. 



Now we have at last come to the stage 

 when our trooper has bought his mount, and 

 has him in good health and sound for military 

 purposes. He has done this, I hope, some 

 months before the annual training ; and he 

 wants to know how to keep his horse sound, 

 and bring him to the camping-ground fit for 

 the hard work before him, and looking so 

 healthy and well that his squadron officer 

 and his Commanding Officer will cast an 

 approving eye on the trooper and his horse. 

 To show him how to do this is the great 

 object of my lecture to-night. The trooper 



