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command of temper and patience, with a fair share 

 of nerve, brought out qualifications ; and then — why 

 then somebody paid for the exercise of them. It is 

 all very well for a man with twenty thousand a year to 

 go to a first-rate hunting dealer and give him three 

 hundred for a made hunter; or he may go to 

 Tattersall's, have his pick of a stud, and give a still 

 higher price. I should, if his circumstances admitted 

 of it, perhaps recommend a friend to do one or the 

 other ; or he might do what some persons are most 

 anxious to do — treat with the owner personally, but 

 which would probably end something in this manner. 

 A few seasons back, a stud of twelve were sent to 

 Tattersall's to be sold; they were all masters of great 

 weight ; belonged to one who always rode in the first 

 flight ; and were, moreover, remarkably well-selected, 

 fine horses. A gentleman got the ear of the owner, 

 and asked if he was disposed to sell a particular 

 horse before he was brought to the hammer. "I 

 mean to sell them all," said the owner, "and I know 

 there are purchasers for every one of them. But 

 what horse do you wish to buy?" "The grey." 



