BUYING HORSES 



THE path of a would-be purchaser of horses 

 is much easier in these days than it was a 

 hundred, or even fifty years ago ; and if a 

 man does not find himself suited now-a-days, 

 when he is buying horses, he has no one but 

 himself to blame. The great improvement in 

 Veterinary Science has no doubt much to do 

 with this better state of things. Warranty is 

 no longer heard of, a veterinary surgeon's 

 certificate having taken the place of that constant 

 source of litigation. 



Nevertheless there are men now who never 

 seem to be really suited with their horses, w^ho 

 are always chopping and changing and who 

 spend a great deal more money over their horses 

 than they have any necessity to do. 



There is not the same excuse for these men 

 that there would have been a hundred years 

 ago. Not that there are no horse copers in the 

 present day for there are plenty of them. But 

 a hundred years ago it was difficult to avoid 

 them if you wanted a horse, and the very elastic 

 law of warranty was all in their favour if a deal 

 came off. Now there is not the slightest necessity 

 for any man to deal wdth these gentry and the 



