HORSE DEALERS. 



"ill 



Rumors about law may render the tradesman's creditors pressing ; while 

 the certainty of loss may induce a man to be somewhat careless in his 

 expenditure. Should failure anticipate the trial, the plaintiif will have 

 to pay his own expenses; for, under such circumstances, a verdict is 

 simply so many recorded words, awarding nothing ! 



Noi' is the seller always to blame. All dealers are not positive judges 

 of soundness. Moreover, soundness is often variable. An animal may 

 be sound in the morning, unsound at noon, and sound again at night. 

 Life is fixed to no one condition. A man may be well when he rises, 

 he may distraught before mid-day, and nevertheless may be quite hearty 

 at eve. Horses are subject to temporary influences, like those which 

 affect their masters. But society will regard horses and saucepans only 

 as articles of use. A wide difference divides the animate from the inani- 

 mate ; but, notwithstanding the advance of education, mankind have yet 

 to observe in their behavior those broad distinctions which nature has 

 instituted throughout creation. 



"ANT GENTLEMAN AS REALLY WANTED A SOUND AND SERVICEABLE BROCQUAM HORSE, J 

 "WEU.1 Ton MAT SEND HIM TO FIELD'S — AND GET HIM EXAMINED." 



It is the safer and the better plan for a gentleman not to bother abou;*; 

 soundness. To keep his ideas fixed upon the horses only to discover 



