84 TIORSK WAUUANTY. 



ranty, -wlueli it is lu'gcd lias caused serious loss 

 and annoyance to breeders, it would appear de- 

 sirable that a specified time should be fixed, 

 beyond wliich a general warranty should not be 

 enforced. And it is to be lioped, however, after 

 the evidence appended on this point, and consider- 

 ing the commanding position in which breeders 

 are put by the groat demand for horses, the 

 system of warranty will disappear in the breeding 

 districts." 



After the e\'idcnce they had heard the com- 

 mittee could not well do otherwise than make this 

 report, but it is doubtful if all the witnesses knew 

 what they were talking about when they discussed 

 the subject of warranty. Some of them seemed 

 to think that a horse coidd not be sold without a 

 warranty, and, as a sample of what sensible men 

 sometimes suppose, the following is taken from 

 the evidence of Mr. W. »ShaAv, a Yorkshire horse 

 dealer (/). The Duke of llichmond is questioning 

 him : — 

 Evidence Q, " You say that horses are waiTantcd, the 



Lords consequence of which is that a man who sells a 



InuTe'e, \iOT?>(i is bound to take him back from the man 

 1M73. ^y|jQ buys if the horse is unsound Y 



"Sir W 



.Shaw.' A. "Yes; within six montlis. 



(I. " AVliat makes you say mthin six months ? 

 A. " That is according to the rules, I suppose. 



(/) Blue Book, p. 99. 



