4 HINTS TO HORSEilEX; OR, 



trading in an article of commerce. There is, to men 

 of a certain turn of mind, something flattering in the 

 making money by horses ; it shews he is a good judge 

 of the animal — understands its management in all 

 ways, on or off its back ; but for the life of me I can- 

 not conceive there could be anything flattering in 

 making money by a box of candles. In these feelings 

 I may perhaps be wrong, from my never really having 

 dealt in, or interested myself about such articles; but I 

 should be inclined to say that he who " lived on the 

 fat of the land," or of some land by so doing, only 

 shewed himself as a ''prime judge" of tallow, a 

 commodity, I ween, not often brought into proximity 

 with gentlemen. ^Now the horse is all but made a 

 companion of by them, and many would really be 

 offended if you expressed doubts of their judgment 

 of the favoured animal ; but if I said to any friend or 

 companion, *' Eeally, my good fellow ! you are no 

 judge of dripping," I can fancy his first stare of un- 

 mitigated astonishment, his gulping dov/n the offence 

 of my speech as one indicating I could for a moment 

 have entertained the thought of the bare possibility 



