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not proving up to specifications, to replace him 

 with a stallion of equal value, and he — the 

 guarantor — sets the value. There is not a 

 great chance for the buyer in such a deal, but 

 somehow he manages to worry along from year 

 to year. Most reputable firms prefer to treat 

 their customers liberally and keep them satis- 

 fied on the ground, no doubt, that a pleased 

 customer is the best advertisement, for no 

 guarantor can be compelled at law to do much 

 under that sort of a contract. 



The seller should put in writing all he prom- 

 ises to do and sign his name to his promises. 

 The law is peculiar in regard to commercial 

 transactions **on inspection'' and there is no 

 special protection for the man who goes into 

 a deal with his eyes open. He is supposed to 

 watch out for himself. A guarantee of abso- 

 lute soundness need never be expected. No 

 sane man would give such an one. Legal com- 

 plications must, however, alwa^^s be unravelled 

 by lawj^ers in the long run and therefore when 

 a buyer goes afield to bring home a stallion 

 he would better post himself at the fountain 

 head freshly on the intricacies of the law. If 

 he gets from the seller his bill of sale, a guar- 

 antee of average potency, the pedigree cer- 

 tificate and transfer and a definite statement 

 that the horse bought is really the one named 

 in the papers, he will be getting a1)0ut all that 

 is coming to him as the business is usually 



