30 Seventy Years a 3Iaster. 



he is ' as fast as a church.' Thorough-pin with him, is 

 synonymous with 'perfect leg.' If a nag cougheth, ''tis 

 a clever hack.' If his knees be fractured, he is ' well 

 broke ' for gig or saddle. If he reareth, he is ' sixteen 

 hands high.' If he hath drawn a tierce in a cart, he 

 is *a fencer.' If he biteth, he 'shows good courage' 

 and he is playful merely, though he should 'play the 

 devil.' If he runneth away, he calleth him ' quick at 

 starting,' and has been used to 'carry a lady." If a cob 

 stumbleth, he considers him a ' true goer,' and addeth, 

 ' the proprietor parteth from him to go abroad." 



A friend of mine who was once ''had/' 

 might have saved his money, perhaps, if he 

 had thoroughly digested the foregoing inform- 

 ation concerning horse-dealers. He bought a 

 mare from an Irish dealer, who warranted her 

 ''sound in wind and limb, and without a 

 fault." But after she was sent home he found 

 that the sight of one eye was quite gone. 

 Naturally he waited upon the dealer, and 

 requested that she might be taken back and 

 the purchase money returned. 



" You warranted her without a fault," he 

 said. 



" Ah, sure, and I did sir," replied Paddy, 

 *'But blindness is not the poor creature's 

 fault. No sir. That's only her misfortune." 



