300 Management and Treatment of the Horse. 



is leaving England ; a warranty given, and trial 

 allowed. — Apply to coacliman for price, &c., at 



— Mews, Hyde Park, London." This is 



called doing the heavy to catch a flat, and is 

 generally done by the so-called gentlemen who 

 buy on commission. It requires three to carry 

 out this trick to perfection, and it is often done. 

 Copers No. 1, 2, and 3, look out for horses of 

 showy action with fresh legs and broken wind ; 

 they then engage a stable, hire a carriage and 

 showy harness ; the advertisement is put into one 

 of the principal papers. Coper Xo. 1 engages 

 apartments in a fashionable quarter, and takes 

 the name of Col. Somebody. Coper i^o. 2 dons a 

 suit of livery and is for the time being Col. Some- 

 body's coachman. Coper ISTo. 3 assumes the 

 humble grade of helper, which he is in truth. 

 The trap being set, the spiders wait for the fly, 

 who in general turns up in the* shape of a young 

 Swell, who thinks he knows, and who has never 

 learnt the Spanish proverb, '^ that the man who 

 knows, and knows that he knows, passes a happy 

 life ; the man that don't know, and knows that 

 he don't know, may pass a very tolerable life; 

 but the man who don't know, and don't know 

 that he don't know, is a fool indeed." The Swell 

 arrives at the stable, and Coper No. 3 opens the 

 door and touches his hat (they are always very 

 polite). The Swell asks Coper No. 3, '^ Is this the 

 stable where the horses advertised are to be seen?" 

 at the same time showing the advertisement. 

 '' Yes, Sir," is the reply. " Are you the coach- 



