32 HORSE WAKUANTY, 



utilit}'. To perform ^vitll oaso tho work roquirod 

 from it, a horse should he in good hcaltli, and free 

 from imperfection in wind and limh ; it should ho 

 docile and good tempered, and do its work quietly 

 and steadily, and yet a horse may ho hought per- 

 fect to all outward appearance, and still ho found 

 wanting, not only in one, hut in all these qualities. 



It is the requirements wo ask from a horse which 

 ohligeus also to ask for a warranty or undei-taking 

 that it has them. A cow may ho lame or hlind, 

 or, indeed, vicious, hut still answer the purposes of 

 a cow very well, and give milk all her life, and ho 

 good beef afterwards ; the only qualification neces- 

 sary being that she should be a good milker, and 

 this can be ascei-tainod pretty well by the appear- 

 ance of tho udder or other mai'ks known to milk- 

 men and graziers. 



No outward appearances will betray many de- 

 fects and imperfections in a horse. Tlie best look- 

 ing are often tho veriest brutes, Mini tho dullest 

 and most stupid to all appearance, turn out to bo 

 the worst biters, or kickers, or jibbers in harness. 



Tho iminitiated in liorso flesh, then, will bo wise 

 if in buying a horse they use their ])est endeavours 

 to obtain a warranty. A\'Iiat is a warranty':' It 

 may bo said to bo a guarantee or undertaking by 

 the seller to the buyer, that the article sold does 

 in reality correspond to the desoription given of it 

 by the wller, before and at the time of sale; and 

 such guarantee or \niflortaking may be mach" and 



