ON PURCHASE AND SALE. 1^3 



weeks afterwards fold him at the hammer, with- 

 out warrant, for one hundred and forty gui- 

 neas. This nag, I underftand, was tried to trot 

 thirty miles on the Newmarket road, carrying 

 his owner, upwards of feventeen ftone, which 

 he performed in two or three minutes over two 

 hours. 



The mofl formidable part of the prefent Chap- 

 ter is now at hand, for who fiiall prefume to 

 counfel a man in the choice of a wife or a horfe ? 

 I have only to point out where, and how, the 

 latter may beft be had. All who know horfes, 

 live in the conftant convi6lion how irkfome a 

 bufinefs it is to recommend one to the unfkilful, 

 who are ever attached to dazzling fliew, in pre- 

 ference to juft proportion and intrinfic worth. 

 But what a fortunate coincidence, that good 

 judges are to the full as fcarce as good horfes. 

 To the true adept I hy,fois /age pour toi-meme, 

 and fuffer every gentleman to pleafe himfelf. 



It is my advice to all perfons unfliilled in 

 horfes, but no concern of mine whether or not 

 they follow it, by no means to purchafe one 

 upon their own judgment folely, fuch ftep being 

 too often followed by repentance, and a degree 

 of vexation and difappointment, even to a rich 

 man. To thofe who defire to be out of leading- 

 firings, I recommend found theory, and much 

 praQice. But upon whom are the uninformed 

 to rely ? Upon their own fervants ? It is my 



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