out of an hundred attach the same meaning 

 to it. One says, a horse is sound when free 

 from lameness ; another enumerates a certain 

 number of diseases, such as spavin, broken 

 wind, glanders, &C.5 the existence of any of 

 which makes a horse, in his opinion, unfit to 

 be warranted, but no two agree as to the 

 kind, or number of diseases. Hence arise 

 misconception, litigation, suspicion of knavery, 

 and the low estimation in which the dealer 

 is too generally held. Many people are not 

 aware while they vilify the dealer for palm- 

 ing an unsound horse upon them, that it is 

 quite possible he knew nothing about the 

 unsoundness. It is only under certain cir- 

 cumstances that he can know more of the 

 horse than the purchaser (if a horseman) 

 would, after possessing him the same length 

 of time. For the truth is, the majority of 

 men embark in horse-dealing with scarcely a 

 qualification requisite for conducting it, with 

 profit to themselves and satisfaction to their 

 customers. It is not enough to be a toler- 



