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respondence with the advertiser before waiting upon him. 

 The excuse, then, to get out of the business is invariably 

 the price, or some sort of unsatisfactory termination is 

 invented on one side or the other for the purpose of closing 

 the matter, which having incurred expense and loss of time, 

 means double preliminary cost. The writer's advice is, 

 should the purchaser be inexperienced in horses, prejudice 

 as to colour, and other little trivialities must be altoeether 

 abandoned ; and if on confidential enquiries having been 

 made, the desired speciality cannot be found or heard of 

 among one's friends, a respectable, well-known, old 

 established horse dealer should be consulted, who 

 will soon learn your wants (and the wishes of your 

 friends, if such are interested), and prompt satisfaction 

 will thus be ensured, and the special benefit of the option 

 of exchanging the horse after reasonable time has elapsed, 

 thus saving considerable anxiety, besides risk and 

 responsibility. 



If a friend supplies the animal, the offer of a trial 

 should by all means be taken immediate advantage of — the 

 ribbons being handled by the purchaser (if he can drive) 

 in the presence of the seller. Back money, and other 

 horsey phrases should never be mentioned in commencing 

 the deal. 



Special care must be taken by the inexperienced in 

 buying at Fairs or Public Markets. The saying must be 

 remembered that — " They can see you coming." A queer 

 sort of gentry are known to exist by being on the " look 

 out," and are never to be found after the bargain is 

 concluded. Money makes the mare to go, but it is often the 

 case in spending money too conspicuously, that the only 

 goer in the business is the seller ; and the rule is for the 

 inexperienced horse buyer never to visit an auction alone, 

 which advice the writer has heard from the lips of an old 



standing conscientious auctioneer. 



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