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as it is possible to incur in such transactions. 

 Where a horse is registered for sale in the same 

 terms as are used by the purchaser in describing 

 the horse that he wants, it is very unUkely that 

 " business should not be done " between them, 

 provided both descriptions are accurate. It is the 

 seller's own fault if he loses a fair opportunity of 

 sale by sending a false or inaccurate description of 

 his horse ; and on the other hand, it is the pur- 

 chaser's fault if he cannot describe the animal he 

 wishes to purchase. A difficulty may, after all, 

 arise, on his part, to decide whether the horse 

 answers his description ; but when a skilful farrier 

 will be sent to any part of the town to examine it 

 for him, for the trifling fee of half a guinea, he has 

 only himself to blame, if from misplaced economy 

 he grudges the fee, and confides in his own judg- 

 ment. 



I strongly recommend every gentleman who is 

 anxious to be mounted without personal trouble or 

 serious expence, to make a fair trial of this new 

 plan ; but if he distrusts its efficacy, I have arrived 

 at the conclusion that there are but two other 

 tolerably secure modes of obtaining a good hack 

 for the saddle. 



The first, and by far the best, for a man who 

 has time and opportunity, is to visit the breeding 



