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and pony phaeton, must of course also keep a servant's 

 hack : this requires coachman, groom, and helper ; 

 the Lady probably has two men in the house. Now, 

 is it likely a lady keeping five men-servants would 

 be driven to the necessity of advertising her ill health 

 and horses ? If from that cause she wished to part 

 with such horses as those described, among her nu- 

 merous acquaintance and their acquaintance she would 

 find plenty to take them off her hands. A beautiful 

 mare, which has carried a lady two years, or a very 

 handsome cob invaluable to a timid person, are not to 

 be had every day, consequently want no advertising. 

 As to finding her horses a comfortable berth, really 

 nice horses seldom get uncomfortable ones. But 

 would a lady suppose any one would bind themselves 

 to her horses for life ? If they do not, what would be 

 the use of her sacrificing her money when they might 

 be again sold in a month : and as to no dealer 

 needing to apply why not ? A dealer would not 

 use her horses ill, for his own sake ! and as she is not 

 very likely to ask him into her drawing room, what 

 would it matter to her whether he saw her coachman 

 or not ? As to the ill health, it is astonishing how 

 many ladies are in ill health and wanting to sell their 

 horses, according to the papers' account. It is really 

 cruel of these papers to wound our feelings by such 

 statements ; I don't say mine, because I don't believe 

 them: and what is more, I know that, thank GOD, 

 delicate as the fair creatures are, Ladies, like some 

 other things I could name, take a devilish deal of kill- 

 ing : so do their lovers, or else GOD help them ! But 

 should the lady not find a friend to purchase her 

 horses, surely Mr. Tattersall would be a better medium 

 through which they might be disposed of; for no one 



