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in the States say that they can make more money for good 

 harness horses in New York. 



Those who are attracted by glowing advertisements of horses 

 for sale, of which the following, taken from a sporting paper, 

 and which may be true in every particular, but which on the 

 other hand may not, is a fair specimen : 



SPLENDID MATCH PAIR of BAY GELDINGS for 

 SALE, 1 5. i high, ages 5 anc l 6 off, on short legs, 

 and a perfect model of a cart-horse in growth, with much 

 quality combined ; very fast, with good knee action, small 

 head, good neck, and broad chest and thighs ; are pure 

 Welsh breed, and worthy of the notice of gentlemen and 

 others wanting horses for riding and driving ; both warranted 

 good hunters, up to heavy weight, quiet in any kind of 

 harness, valuable to a timid person, no vice or blemish, and 

 of a kind, good temper ; suitable for brougham or victoria or 

 a light landau ; no day too long, no distance too far. For 

 trial. 



might do worse than study a humorous but instructive work, 

 which, although published in 1841, is true of the present 

 day, * The Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Horse,' 

 by Sir George Stephen. In a series of assumed personal ex- 

 periences, the author sets forth some of the most artful devices 

 resorted to by horse ' copers ' to practise on the credulity of the 

 unwary. He relates how he purchased a horse which was 

 warranted sound, but could not be induced to feed ; the pur- 

 chaser, of course, being unable to get any satisfaction out of 

 the seller, who only warranted him sound, but not to eat. Upon 

 another occasion, having bought his horse with a warranty and 

 found out his deficiencies, he returned only to find the vendor 

 flown, leaving no address, and numerous other tricks and 

 rogueries are described. The moral which Sir George draws 

 from all this is : 



Whenever you see a horse advertised for sale, avoid him as 

 you would a pestilence. If he is ' a sweet goer,' depend upon it 

 you will be gently dropped into the sweetest kennel in St. Giles's ; 

 if he is * well suited for a charger,' he is sure to charge a haystack 

 and a park of artillery with equal determination; if he 'never shies 



