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Now, on the contrary, if the purchaser is a man 

 that a dealer knows it is his interest to use well, he in 

 no shape objects to his bringing a sensible, liberal, 

 and thorough good judge with him : he will know that 

 the merits of his horses will be properly appreciated, 

 their imperfections estimated by a proper scale ; and 

 if they are adapted to the purpose they are wanted 

 for, they will be recommended to be purchased. It 

 must, however, be understood, that in taking such a 

 judge with you, what, and all as a purchaser you have 

 a right to expect, is this : you will most probably get 

 a sound horse, and one that is likely to answer your 

 purpose. Price is another thing ; and should you not 

 find this horse what you want, you must not expect 

 your friend to be able to get you a hundred for him, 

 though he recommended you to give that sum: he 

 only did so from knowing the horse was as well worth 

 a hundred as any one you could get from a dealer's 

 stable. But, as I have before said, if you buy of a 

 dealer, and then want to sell, lose you must, and lose 

 you will, go to what dealer you may, unless you are 

 yourself a dealer ; not because the dealer is unprin- 

 cipled as a man, but because he is a dealer and you 

 are not. 



1 may be asked if it is impossible for a man to buy 

 of a dealer without losing money by his purchase ? 

 Certainly not. If a man has judgment enough, as I 

 have before expressed it, to buy the raw materiel of a 

 dealer, and then by his fine riding or driving and 

 stable management to manufacture this raw materiel 

 into a superior article, then he will not lose, and may 

 probably make money ; but if a man merely buys an 

 article or a horse, and wants to sell that article or 

 horse again, if no better than when he bought the 



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