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ON THE PURCHASE OF THE HORSE. 



mares have no tush, except an apology for one, which 

 comes when she is about seven years old, and soon dis- 

 appears. 



THIRTY YEAHb 



So much concerning his age and the way to test it. For 

 further information see Mayhew's "Horse Management, 

 illustrated edition by J. B. Lippincott & Co. 





A FAIR HORSE FOR SADDLE OR HARNESS. 



His wind should also be carefully tested, as a horse 

 with the slightest imperfection of wind-passages or lungs 

 should be at once rejected ; broken wind, heaves, or any- 

 thing of that kind can be detected immediately by any 



