HOW TO MAKE MONEY BY HORSES. Ill 



horse he has bred, nor does the being able to make a 

 raw colt into a perfect hunter teach a man the 

 management of mares and foals. The mahogany- 

 merchant could no more make his timber into a 

 sideboard than could a bricklayer; and the artisan 

 who could, knows not whether Honduras is in the 

 far West or the extreme East. Thus, though the 

 landowner may very judiciously breed a horse, it 

 leads to no inference that he could ride him ; and if 

 he could, not knowing the fastidiousness of men who 

 give high prices, he would probably spoil him for 

 their use ; for, odd as it may appear to some the 

 saying so, it is nevertheless true ; the country is by 

 no means the place to find finished horsemen in, or 

 good judges of horses either. To polish a man off in 

 these two ways, he must learn taste and judgment in 

 London, and practise in the country. The man (and 

 there are many) who professedly keeps hunters for 

 sale, and at the same time farms, is often a most 

 perfect horseman. The man who farms, and occa- 

 sionally hunts, very rarely is. He may ride very 

 boldly, and perhaps to many show the way, but it is 



