How to Buy a Horse. 



The only way to guard against disappointment in 

 the purchase of a horse is to have a fair trial while 

 the animal is kept in the stable of the buyer. This 

 precaution will be well worth the extra price that 

 must be paid for the animal, and if the vendor is 

 unwilling to agree to it, the probability is that the 

 horse has some fault which he wishes to conceal. 

 There are some dealers who object to sending out a 

 horse on trial, because, if it becomes known that 

 the animal has been returned, its marketable value 

 is thereby decreased. But if the horse has been 

 returned, it was because it did not suit the intend- 

 ing purchaser, and the dealers must not expect to 

 have every advantage on their side. Warranty 

 is no real safeguard, for the majority of dealers 

 will not hesitate to give a good character to the 

 most worthless horse, in the hope that the expense 

 and annoyance of a suit at law will deter the victim 

 from bringing an action ; and the proverbial ' diffi- 

 culty of suiting a gentleman with a horse ' excuses 



