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to law. I have previously stated that I am convinced that 

 a respectable dealer is, in the end, all tilings being con- 

 sidered, the best medium by which a gentleman can 

 supply himself witli a horse, and possibly the cheapest. 

 •If he is not a judge of a horse he has no business going 

 personally to dealers in horses. it is far better 

 to take some one with him, who is a judge of what is 

 wanted, and wlio will keep his eyes open, 

 and lie will want both of them wide open, 

 even in buying from reliauble sources. 



Another point in favor of tlie regular horse dealer, par- 

 ticularly one wlio has a good connection and large de- 

 mand for them, is the fact that he does not limit his 

 buyers to the price paid for tliem, but gives them strict 

 instructions to buy the best. It is stated that one gen- 

 tleman horse dealer, who a short time ago went West — 

 Philadelphia or Newark — ^rsdth |2,000 and brought back 

 eighteen horses, was credited with a great feat of buying 

 them at less than |50 a head than their minimum 

 price, which was that paid by the horse car companies 

 for what is called "streeters." What this gentleman 

 wanted with this class of liorse is hard to determine, 

 excepting it was to play false on intended purchasers, 

 something like in this manner: "For Sale, the property 

 of a gentleman; several pairs of horses of quality; all in 

 good working condition ; well broken to four-in-hand and 



