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and, not knowing the horse, would not know to 

 what extent he might carry it. The assurance of the 

 dealer that he was not so, would not be believed ; the 

 customer declines him ; so that he might as well, as 

 regards his sale, really be the most restive brute in 

 existence. 



Again, some horses will at times kick a little on 

 being first mounted. One customer, on finding this, 

 would not have him at any price ; another would 

 not have the brute as a gift. He is returned to the 

 stable. 



Another is quite quiet to mount, and ready to go any 

 way wished, but is a little shy of carriages, perhaps ; 

 and probably in the country, from which he had re- * 

 cently been brought, he was totally unaccustomed to 

 meet, or see them. This, time and a little patience 

 would remedy ; but it is not worth the dealer's while 

 to wait that time, and he will not persuade his cus- 

 tomers that it is worth theirs, still less will they ex- 

 ercise the requisite patience — he is "shelved." 



These with many others are faihngs fatal to the 

 horse while in the dealer's hands, and he has not the 



