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quaintances he does not know one to whose judg- 

 ment he can trust ; if a man really does not know 

 such a person, then I should say, " Send your 

 horses to livery at once." If, however, a man 

 will not do this, really has no one he can consult 

 with, or does not choose to do so, and cannot 

 manage for himself, I can only say, in such a case 

 I can give no more advice than I have ; and it 

 is one in which "the patient must minister to 

 Jnmself. " 



I am, however, not left without a further piece 

 of advice to give my friends, and (with permission) 

 my readers also; for though I have had much ex- 

 perience and practice in the matters on which I 

 now write and have written, it in nowise follows 

 as a matter of course that I have turned that ex- 

 perience and practice to the best account ; conse- 

 quently, those not conversant with such matters 

 may remain still somewhat astray in the manage- 

 ment of them. For though a man may manage 

 tolerably or very well for himself, he may not 

 have tlie talent or tact to write so as to make 

 others do the same thing. Still I hope some hints 

 may be gleaned from what I have said, or rather 

 written, that may be useful. If, however, any 

 owner of horses cannot manage them himself — 

 cannot glean from what I have said, or the better 

 advice of others, sufficient knowledge to do so — 

 I can only bring forward the wholesome bit of 



