40 HINTS TO HORSEMEN ; OR, 



Avas seen endeavouring to buy a horse or horses of 

 the owner, no man, vfho knew himself, would inter- 

 fere imtil the other had purchased or declined. 

 This courtesy does not, however, go so far as to 

 prevent one dealer being earlier '' in the field," 

 id est, the stables, than the other, and an early hour 

 sees them hastening to get the first peep ; and with 

 such men, in their purchases five hundred pounds 

 very soon change hands; much sooner than would 

 twenty where a man who only occasionally buys 

 for his use, is considering the pros and cons as re- 

 gards his purchase : the latter would haggle for a 

 pound difi'erence in the nag, the other would not be 

 deterred from buying a horse he liked, though the 

 twenty pounds (the value of the other horse) were 

 at issue. So let no man proposing to breed hesi- 

 tate in doing so, from any fear of his stock not 

 finding purchasers. 



"We will suppose the farmer, or any man, does not 

 hesitate, and has his conveniences all made ready : 

 his next step is to get mares ; these must be of a 

 good kind and good breed, as a matter of course. 



