18 CONFESSIONS OF A HORSE DEALEE. 



while that was within reach of his hiiid feet. His false 

 tail would generally be found on the road where the 

 scene took place, or if stabled for the night, before being 

 tried in harness, the " wig" would be found under his 

 hind feet in the stall next morning. Poor old Jocko, he 

 was one of the few exceptions to the justly received 

 opinion, that a bad horse is rarely seen with a "rat- 

 tail. 1 * 



CHAPTER II. 



THE MARQTnS OF WATERFORD*S HO~RSE SHEWING- THE 



PACES. A PERFECT FENCER. JUMP UP, SIR. CASH 



ON DELIVERY. THE SPAVIN. THE VETERINARY SUR- 

 GEON. AN ILL-USED HORSE-DEALER. THE ACCEPT- 

 ANCE. THE SWITCH. GLANDERED HORSES, A HOR- 

 RIBLE DEATH. THE SWITCH COPERS. THE POLICE 



CHASE. THE AGENT IN ADVANCE. A CRUEL FRAUD. 



" TAKE him back and return you the money, did you 

 say?" said a well-known horse-coper in Lambeth the 

 other day, to a gentleman who had given him seventy 

 guineas for a horse. " Yes, I'll take him back, and find 

 you another one that will suit you; I'm sorry you 

 should think he's touched in the wind, but I can assure 

 you it is quite unknown to me. Indeed, I feel certain 

 that he was up to the warranty when I sold him to you ; 



