38 PEECEPT AND PRACTICE. 



PUECHASING HOESES THE EIGHT WAY. 



Im Hint II. I gave some insight into the motives of 

 the friend giving the advice he did as to the most 

 eligible way of getting rid of the young gentleman's 

 horses. "Getting rid of" appears a most disre- 

 spectful vv^ay of alluding to a stud, I admit; but, 

 having given in a general way some idea of the ani- 

 mals that composed that stud, others of a different 

 caste need not snort at the expression, for far be it 

 from me to apply it to them. Having thus made the 

 amende honorable to studs in general, who usually 

 are sold in far different localities to that chosen for 

 the present occasion, we will just take a look in at 

 Dixon's. I have said the friends had determined to 



