PURCHASING HORSES. 93 



WHAT IS A GOOD SOET? 



To describe a good sort of horse (abstractedly as an 

 animal) may not be — in fact, is not — to any judge a 

 difficult matter. A really good sort of horse cannot 

 well be put quite out of his place j he is capable of, 

 we may say, all services that can be required of him, 

 with the reservation of the two extremes — racing, or 

 the waggon. Even for these, if he is weK bred, he 

 would make a tolerable good fight for the one, and 

 his pluck and courage would, to the extent of his 

 strength and weight, make him a most willing rival 

 of " Gee woa," if the ingratitude and cupidity of man 

 should destine him to such degradation and (to him) 

 suffering — no improbable ending of his career, and 



