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CHAPTER XIV. 



Horse Repositories and Auctions. 



Considering that a very large proportion of horses 

 are bought and sold through these channels, it is 

 expedient that buyers and sellers make themselves 

 acquainted with the regulations prevailing in 

 such estabhshments. All classes of horses pass 

 through the various horse repositories — good, in- 

 different, and worthless animals being obtainable 

 from such sources. When a horse is sent to a 

 place where horses are sold, an authority to sell 

 is implied, and the proprietor of the animal is 

 bound to sell to a bond fide purchaser. 



The descriptions given in catalogues at horse 

 auctions are often of a very misleading nature, and 

 an unsuspecting buyer may find that he has bought 

 an animal that is of no use to him, and yet con- 

 forms to the conditions of sale and description in 

 the catalogue. 



The reader should carefully study the chapter 

 dealing with Representation and Warranty. 



