PUfiCHASING HORSES. // 



EXPEPJENTIA DOCET (SOMETIMES). 



" To BE SOLD, a beautiful dappled grey gelding. 

 Has constantly carried a lady, is perfectly docile, 

 perfect in all his paces, and is sold in consequence of 

 the owner having gone abroad. To be seen at the 



, Kensington. No dealer need apply." 



Whenever, or wherever, such an advertisement ap- 

 pears, avoid it, or rather avoid the horse and those 

 advertising ; for you will be done otherwise, as sure 

 as you would come off with hurt fingers if you put 

 them in a rat-trap. The mode and extent of the do 

 would greatly depend on the person applying; and 

 in such cases the seller, or probably sellers, of the 

 horse form at once a pretty accurate conception of 



