44 ABC OF THE HORSE 



go on trial for a week or a fortnight, if 

 fair payment for hire, in the event of its 

 return, be guaranteed. The horse which 

 the dealer would not allow to leave his 

 stable on these terms should be viewed 

 with a certain amount of suspicion, 

 This may sound a sweeping statement, 

 and undoubtedly there are many dealers 

 who do not like the " trial system," but 

 as a rule a dealer will give way rather 

 than lose a customer. Of course, when 

 the horse is in your own stable, and away 

 from the eye which jealously guards him 

 from the danger of obviously betraying 

 any little failing, which, whilst not 

 amounting to a defect may, nevertheless, 



