SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



custody. At public auction (without a 

 reserve, of course), the highest bidder 

 is necessarily the buyer, and the 

 auctioneer must deliver the animal 

 to the buyer after the money has been 

 paid. There is no further liability on 

 the part of the purchaser, but the 

 vendor may still be held responsible, in 

 accordance with the conditions relative 

 to the merits of the animal. 



Three or four days, as a rule, is the 

 time allowed for the return of the horse 

 to the auctioneer. When a horse is 

 warranted quiet to ride, drive, etc., and 

 catalogued as such, but on trial proves 

 to be vicious, it can, of course, be 

 returned, false representation rendering 

 the sale void. 



Selling under a false name also renders 

 the contract worthless : hence there are 

 certain advantages of buying at a reposi- 

 tory not obtainable under many other 

 circumstances. 



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