Hints on Btujing and Selling Horses. 



Ruptures of all kinds. 

 Spavin (bone). 

 Stringhalt. 

 Thick wind. 



Thrush, if severe. 

 Thickening of back sinews. 

 „ suspensory liga- 



ment. 



Biting badly. 

 Bolting. 



Kicking freely. 

 Rearing. 



Returnable Vices. 



Restiveness, or refusing to 

 proceed when required. 



Shying, when a confirmed 

 habit. 



Weaving in stable. 



Xot Returnable. 



Cutting. 



Splint, unless it causes lame- 

 ness. 

 TliorouGfhpin. 

 Thrush]" if slight. 

 Windgalls. 



Broken knees, unless joint 



be injured. 

 Capped hocks and elbows. 

 Contracted feet. 

 Crib biting. 

 Curby hocks. 



SELLING. When leaving your station for any period over 

 three months, unless your horses accompany you or can be left 

 in charge of a reliable friend, it is better to sell them off and buy 

 afresh on return. Livery stable-keepers usually charge 25 to 30 

 rupees a month for taking charge of a horse, besides which there 

 may be a long bill for medical attendance, or the animal may (He, 

 and is nearly certain to deteriorate from want of regular work. 

 The best way to get a purchaser is by advertising in the news- 

 paper. Always state your name, reason for selling, price you 

 gave with date of your purchase, as well as price you require 

 and description, as these details give confidence to purchasers. 

 If possible, give V. S. certificate, and warrant free from vice and 

 tricks without hesitation, if you consider it so and two com- 

 petent persons concur in your opinion. Stable articles go Avith 

 a horse sold in India otherwise than by auction as a matter of 

 course. It is a fair plan to take off about 10 per cent, for each 

 year from 6 to 10 years of age, and 15 to 20 after that. The 

 next best plan is to send the horse to auction with a reserve 

 price, the only other mode being without a reserve price. 

 Auctioneer's fees vary from 5 to 10 per cent., which makes 

 them legally responsible for realising the price. 



A horse should not be described as a charger, unless a proper 

 certificate to that effect from a Riding School is produced, even 

 though he may be justly called an excellent Parade horse with 

 all arms. 



