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relieved of the powerful drugs which have been 

 used. Otherwise he obtains one lame in the 

 back,, called by the rogues " a kidney dropper/' 

 or another having a nervous affection and known 

 by the term " shiverer." 



These, however, by no means complete the 

 category of defects which hang to the horse. 

 There are others which form admirable qualities 

 for the low horse-coper whereby to catch the 

 unwary purchaser, but even these are sometimes 

 met with in animals coming from other sources ; 

 and while I am desirous of letting all have the 

 benefit of a doubt, if such there be upon the 

 question at issue, it is, I think, too much to believe 

 that such screws are always produced in ignorance. 



Being in want of several heavy draught horses 

 upon one occasion, I presented myself at the 

 stables of a certain dealer and made known my 

 wants, but did not discover my profession to him. 

 " All right, sir," said he, " I have just your sort ;*' 

 and addressing his satellite, " I say, Bill, bring 

 out them 'ere cart 'asses in the little stable. 

 Look there, sir," he began, as the creature was 

 being led out of the doorway, "you never put a 

 collar on sech a piece o' stuff in all your born 

 days. Talk o' pullin, sir, why I never had sech 

 a 'oss to pull. I have been a dealer off an' on 

 for the last forty year, an' I don't know as I've 

 had such a bit o' mettle. Put him alongside the 

 wall, Bill ! woho, now ! There ! look at his legs, 

 sir ! sech pints for a cart 'oss ! why. he's like 



