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absurdly low prices. In the same way I once 

 bouo-ht two o'oocl-lookino-, hunter-like horses 

 for their appearance for ^26 and ^27, and 

 had no reason to reoret the baroain. I 

 had a season's hunting out of them, and 

 then sold them at auction in the country 

 where I had hunted them, for double the 

 money paid. They were not first-class horses 

 but they were useful poor man's hunters, 

 coming out in their turn, and able to get 

 across country in fair style. But though I 

 cannot resist picking up bargains which do 

 not always turn out such, I recommend as 

 the safe way the purchase of horses out of a 

 first-class stable, against which there is some 

 mark. " Makes a slioht noise which does not 

 stop him," is one suggestion to the poor man. 

 Of course, whether his roaring stops him or not 

 depends a good deal upon how fast and how 

 far you want him to go, but there are roarers 

 and roarers, and a great deal can be done by 

 careful feeding and stable management, and of 

 course horses good and pleasant to ride in 

 other respects are often found in their ranks. 

 Two I have had which cost ^10 and ^8 

 respectively, and one of them was a most 

 admirable timber jumper, and though he 

 required some care in and out of the stable, 

 yet I could see all but the fastest runs on his 



