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wishes, if necessary : he will know that if he 

 states the purpose to which the horse is to be 

 applied, and whether show or use, or both com- 

 bined, be wanted, the proper horse for the purpose 

 Avill be sent him, whether it is to carry eight 

 stone or eighteen, to draw a brougham or a pony 

 carriage ! Possibly, nay, most probably, the horse 

 sent will be quite a different sort of animal to the 

 one he would have purchased for himself. In 

 fact, the one being a judge, and the other no 

 judge at all, it is twenty to one but it will be so ; 

 for if not, there would be no use in employing 

 another person. What is, however, generally the 

 result? He finds the one sent carries or draws 

 him pleasantly and safely; he has got what he 

 wanted for his use, and probably writes and tells 

 the purchaser he would not take twice the mo- 

 ney given, if it was offered him, to part with his 

 purchase. He would be quite right in refusing 

 it, unless the same judge would good-naturedly 

 undertake to get him another ; and even then he 

 would be wise to hesitate. It is bad economy in 

 a man, who is not conversant with buying and 

 selling, to part from anything that suits him for 

 profit on its sale ; nor should such a man, if suited, 

 ever part from a horse which, taking him on the 

 whole, does his business well and comfortably, 

 under the idea of getting perfection. He will not 

 get it, though dealers may assure him that he will. 



