254 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER 



was brought against a gentleman at the bar respect- 

 ing a horse which he had bought to go the circuit 

 upon. The horse was taken home, and his servant 

 mounted him to show his paces. When he was on 

 the animal's back he would not stir a step ; he tried 

 to turn him round and round, but he was determined 

 not to go the circuit. The horse-dealer was informed 

 of the horse's obstinacy, and asked by the purchaser 

 how he came to sell him such a horse ? " Well," 

 said the dealer, " it can't be helped. Give me back 

 the horse, allow me five pounds, and we'll settle the 

 matter." The barrister refused, and advised him 

 to send the horse to be broke in by a rough-rider. 

 " Bough-rider ! " said the dealer, " he has been to 

 rough-riders enough." "How came you to sell me 

 a horse that would not go ? " rejoined the barrister. 

 " I sold you a horse warranted sound, and sound he 

 is," concluded the dealer ; " but as for his going I 

 never thought he would go." ' l 



Another case of more recent date is thus reported 

 in a well-known sporting periodical : 



( Mr. Henry Greaves, who used to take a country 

 as Mr. E. T. Smith would take a theatre, hunted the 

 Yale of White Horse country in 1861. Mr. Greaves 

 was a giant a tremendously heavy man. In a horse 

 case tried at Oxford he was called as a witness to 

 prove that the horse about which they were bringing 



1 Fashion Then and Now Lord W. Lennox. 



