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for horses, and find their account in so doing. I 

 trust, however, that by mentioning the advantage 

 of such persons purchasing from first-rate breeders 

 I shall not induce men of less pretensions in horse 

 affairs to go there ; for if they do, they will find 

 their losses even greater than in buying from the 

 small farmer, inasmuch as they cannot be supposed 

 to be in any way better judges of superior horses 

 than they are of those of an inferior class ; and as 

 the price in one case will very far exceed that in 

 the other, so will the penalty they will pay for 

 want of judgment be proportionably greater : they 

 will, in fact, give a hundred and twenty for what 

 is worth sixty, instead of sixty for what is worth 

 thirty ; and will also find that they will lose by 

 such valuable young horses in a still greater pro- 

 portion than even what I have stated as relating 

 to the purchase money. 



It is not probable that the man who is not a 

 judge of what is and what is not a promising 

 horse will be found a good horseman, or one, 

 either by treatment or otherwise, likely to bring 

 on and improve such an animal ; and it is only by 

 improving a young horse that he is to be made 

 worth more money than he was when purchased. 

 The higher the class of horse, the higher will be 

 the class of men he will be destined for ; and the 

 higher the class of men, the more particular are 

 they (generally speaking) as to the qualifications 



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