212 THE POCKET AND THE STUD. 



Now, I certainly could not play Hamlet, but 

 I fancy I could manage " Jim along Josey.'' 

 Well, it is better to be encored in that than 

 hissed in Hamlet. So I have always fancied 

 I could manage condition in hunters. In this 

 cast of character I have been applauded — I hope 

 I shall be encored. 



Families who have a great deal of night work, 

 and only intend to keep a pair of horses for their 

 carriage work, would perhaps do well to job ; for 

 this reason — as I said before, horses cannot stand 

 all sorts of usage — not that there is any cruelty 

 in night- work, but if horses are witched to be 

 in blooming condition, they cannot stand it ; so 

 the job-master keeps horses for all purposes — 

 gives you one pair for the day, and a pair of old, 

 seasoned, hardy ones for night. 



A lady who keeps a pair of horses, if she is to 

 trust herself and them to the sole guidance of her 

 coachman, had better job ; for though she will 

 have a round sum to pay the job-master, she will 

 always have a pair ready ; whereas her coach- 

 man, by one means or other, will contrive to get 

 as much out of her pocket as the job-master, and 

 she may not always be able to have her carriage, 

 if coachee has a friend coming to see him, or wants 

 to go to a ■party. 



From what I have said I trust I have borne 

 out my assertion, that whoever undertakes the 



