16 THE POCKET AND THE STUD. 



reluctance a dealer will order out a horse for them 

 to look at. However, so long as such gentlemen 

 do not attempt to trouble others to be on the '4ook 

 out for them," it is all well enough. For though a 

 man may be disposed to humour, and get dealers 

 and others to humour, the caprices of a woman, 

 he must be of a much more accommodating dispo- 

 sition than I — or, I should say, most others — if 

 he would do the same for a man. 



But we will suppose a man wishes to avail him- 

 self of the better judgment of another person, yet 

 at the same time, reasonably enough, wishes to 

 indulge his own taste as to general appearance. 

 Let him get the person, whose judgment he wants, 

 to take a walk with him, and as he will see in his 

 walk all sorts of horses, he has only to show the 

 style of one he likes for certain purposes : the 

 thing is then easy enough to manage. 



Supposing a man to be a known first-rate 

 judge, there are two distinct classes of persons 

 for whom he may, in a general way, safely pur- 

 chase, without subjecting himself to the several 

 disagreeable results I have mentioned. First, a 

 man who is a perfect judge himself; for, if from 

 want of opportunity, time, or any other cause, he 

 asks an equally good judge to purchase for him, 

 he will mention (if it is not already known) the 

 style of horse he likes for any particular purpose, 

 then the purpose for which he is wanted, and the 



