120 HUMANE HORSE-TRAINING 



My readers may save several pounds if the following 

 warning is given and advice taken. 



I am mentioning this for the benefit of women who 

 are sometimes compelled to send their horses to public 

 auctions. When a genuine horse is sent for sale and 

 correctly warranted, it is sometimes bought by a 

 certain type of dragsmen, taken home, and tried for the 

 warranty. In the course of the trial the unscrupulous 

 rogue purposely lames the horse, and obtains a vet.'s 

 certificate ; the horse is returned for being lame, the 

 nervous owner is notified that the horse has been returned 

 lame, with vet.'s certificate, and speedily visits the 

 repository. But the journey is a fruitless one, for the 

 dragsmen succeed in " putting the wind up " the excited 

 and distressed owner, and eventually buy the supposed 

 *' lame " horse for a few pounds. 



Always have your horses properly " vetted " before 

 sending them to public auction sales, anc" lodge the 

 certificates with the auctioneers. This precaution is 

 poisonous to the dragsmen. 



The roarer, whistler or piper should be avoided. To 

 examine one, place him alongside a wall, hold his head 

 up with the left hand, and with the right hand feign or 

 pretend to strike it along the ribs or belly. If he grunts 

 at the stick he is a roarer or a " bull " ; if he jumps 



