110 HINTS TO hoesemen; oe, 



getting at least good raw material to go to work 

 upon, and will not be throwing away their time, 

 money, patience, and ingenuity, on what can never 

 be wrought into valuable commodity. 



The being seen in the hands of such persons as I 

 have mentioned, stamps a certain prestige on young 

 horses, that will usually end in intrinsic worth. The 

 price at the time of purchase is, of course, very pro- 

 perljT- made in accordance with the stage of progress 

 and proficiency of the pupil while in the hands of 

 the first purchaser ; and be it remembered, that 

 though the plane increases the value of the plank, it 

 is the after high polishing that prodmies the ultimate 

 value, and this increases in far more than gradual 

 ratio as the article nears perfection ; thus, the un- 

 skilled workman must expect to pay a high price 

 when availing himself of the skill of others. 



It may be asked, why the breeder should not per- 

 fect what he has bred, and thus keep for himself the 

 profit of the dealer ? !N"o doubt a few do this, but 

 such are very few. The best judgment in breeding 

 in no way capacitates a man to make a hunter of the 



