262 A SMART DEALER. 



article or horse, lose he must, even supposing he was 

 not imposed upon in his purchase. Men who are 

 really workmen as riders or drivers buy of dealers, 

 because they know that by giving (we will say) their 

 WQL for a horse, they can make him worth twice that 

 sum. Such men, if wanting a hunter, need not go to 

 Tom Smart to buy one ; and for this reason : he buys 

 made-hunters, gives an unlimited price for them: 

 these men can make their own hunters, so are bad 

 customers to Tom : but a man who is not a bond fide 

 workman cannot do better than go to him ; he will 

 give him a horse made to his hands : the only conse- 

 quence will be, he has given 150., and will charge 

 them on an average perhaps 50. for his judgment in 

 buying ; and this 50/. a man has a right to pay if he 

 wishes to be well carried, and has not judgment of his 

 own. Pay Tom a good price, I will answer for it he 

 gives you a good hunter, though he is a dealer, and 

 was not always what he is now: no man knows a 

 hunter better than Smart ; and no man (mind me, as 

 a dealer) will deal more liberally with you if he finds 

 you are disposed to deal liberally with him. I never 

 bought a horse of him in my life, nor ever shall : I 

 cannot afford it. I have sold horses to him, and a 

 good buyer he is. So much for Tom Smart, the 

 prince of dealers in hunters. 



I might be asked by any one willing to pay a good 

 price, whether, if he went to a dealer and said he 

 wanted a very fine pair of carriage horses, and was 

 willing to give a price equal to their merits, he should 

 not get such ? I have no hesitation in saying, that if 

 he went to a respectable man he would get a pair of 

 fine sound horses. I might then be asked, if he went 

 and said he wanted as fine a pair of horses as any 



