CONFESSIONS 



OF A 



HOBSE DEALEB. 



CHAPTER I. 



BOGUES AND FOOLS. TRICKS OF HORSE COPERS. S WIND-* 



LING PRACTICES. THE ADVERTISING DODGE. THE ''RES- 

 PECTABLE" GROOM. BUYING A SECRET. A BEGULAR 



MUFF. A DEAL ON THE BUSTLE. THE BAFFLE. THE 



SPORTSMAN'S WIFE. THE EIGHTH HUSSARS. POOR OLD 

 JOCKO. THE FALSE TAIL. 



THERE are at least five hundred fools born every day, 

 and the longer I live, the more I feel convinced that 

 this assertion is true. Eut of another thing I feel 

 equally certain, that in the population of the United 

 Kingdom indeed I may venture to say the whole human 

 race there are at least two rogues for one fool ; and 

 really, if I were called upon to give an opinion, I should 

 say that it is more agreeable to transact business with 

 a rogue than a natural fool, providing (as a horse-coper 

 would say) that a man has "cocum" enough to avoid 



B 



