8 HACKS AND HUNTERS 



The people who have been cheated by dealers have 

 usually not gone to reputable ones, and they have, to 

 boot, gone with the idea that they are going to be 

 cheated. They are also apt to be as deceitful with 

 the dealers as to their real ability to ride, or the length 

 of their pocket-book, as he is with them. On the 

 whole, I have found that "if you trust men they will 

 be true to you," and although the buying and selling 

 of horses may put that faith to a stronger and more 

 severe test than anything else, I still cling to it. 



Occasionally every one will be cheated in horse- 

 flesh, as in everything else, but on the whole if you 

 never manage to pick up a good horse, and are always 

 and forever being disappointed, then I can only say 

 that the fault probably lies largely with you. 



"Diving and finding no pearls in the sea 

 Blame not the ocean; the fault is in thee." 



