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HORSE DEALERS. 



the impostors who practice with horses, the rankest and the most inde- 

 fensible IS the scamp who advertises "the property of a gentleman de- 

 ceased." Such a "dodge," judging by the numbers who adopt it, must 

 prove a paying pursuit. Yet this form of roguery has been so frequently 

 exposed, and is apparently so thoroughly known, it becomes difficult to 

 imagine the spell by which its daily victims are fascinated. 



A PEEP INTO A dealer's YARD. 



The horse dealers of whom the present chapter pretends to treat be- 

 long to none of these parties. They shun the mews, and each possesses 

 a private yard, with his name painted above it. These places are always 

 scrupulously clean. The entrances are ever adorned with a sprinkling 

 of fresh sand. Facing the gateway is a covered ride, invariably deeply 

 littered with clean straw. On one side of this ride is a spotless wall, 

 opposite to which there exists a paved space or broad roadway. On 

 the farther edge of this paved space stands a sort of cottage, looking as 



