40 ON WARRANTY. 



It is proper, however, to put a limit to what has been too 

 frequently asserted from the bench, that a horse warranted 

 sound must be taken as fit for immediate use, and capable 

 of being immediately put to any fair work. A hunter hon- 

 estly warranted sound is certainly warranted to bo in 

 immediate condition to follow the hounds. 



One of the regulations of the Bazaar, in King Street, 

 London, was exceedingly fair, both with regard to the pre- 

 vious owner and the purchaser, viz. : 



^' When a horse, having been warranted sound, shall be 

 returned within the prescribed period, on account of un- 

 soundness, a certificate from a veterinary surgeon (not one 

 who gave himself that title, but a graduate of some college), 

 particularly describing the unsoundness, must accompany 

 the horse so returned ; when, if it be agreed to by the 

 veterinary surgeon of the establishment, the amount re- 

 ceived for the horse shall be immediately paid back ; but 

 if the surgeon of the establishment should not confirm the 

 certificate, then, in order to avoid further dispute, one of 

 the veterinary surgeons of the college (Royal Veterinary 

 College) shall be called in, and Ms decision shall be final; 

 and the expense of such umpire shall be borne by the party 

 in error." 



In '' Hippopathology," we find that on warranty certain 

 remarks and opinions are given, which we shall place be- 

 fore the reader. 



'' Warranty is meant an indemnity against any unsound- 

 ness, or a pledge given, commonly in writing, by the vendor 

 to the purchaser, that the horse is sound and quiet, and 

 possesses such and such qualifications ; without such in- 

 demnification or pledge, the law says, Caveat emptor — let 

 the purchaser take the consequences ; the rule at law be- 

 ing that everybody who purchases a horse takes him at 



