

ON PURCHASE AND SALE. iGj 



horfe frequently, pronounced him good for no- 

 thing, thought himfelf well rid of him at eleven 

 pounds. In the hands of this lafl proprietor I 

 tried him. He was one of the fafeft and plea- 

 fanteft horfes, and the fpeedieft walker, I ever 

 rode — he trotted near or altogether fourteen 

 miles within the hour, and was a perfe^i can^ 

 terer — I faw him many times leap the bar, 

 higher than a five-barred gate, both {landing 

 and flying, in a ftyle of the highefl; excellence ; 

 and I have reafon to believe, that he had more 

 fpeed for a burft, than many winners of plates : 

 add to all this, he was an elegant figure. 



At a repofitory, the choice of horfes is great, 

 and the opportunity of examination and trial as 

 fair as can be reafonably defired, fince the pro- 

 prietor is the middle man between buyer and 

 feller. Previoufly to the fale, a perfon may ride 

 the horfe which he has fele61ed, or fee him rid- 

 den. One great reafon of the ill fuccefs of pri- 

 vate purchafers at a repofitory, is, that they 

 feldom think to attend until the time of fale, 

 when their fpirits being exalted, and their eager- 

 nefs whetted by the eloquence of the orator, 

 the flourifli of the hammer, and the crack of the 

 whip, they dafh at an extempore bargain, to be 

 repented of afterwards, when the falfe fire fiiall 

 have become extin6l both in themfelves and 

 the* horfe. On the contrary, a man who ex- 

 perts fuccefs here, mull attend at lead fome 



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