124 CONFFSSirWS OF A HORSE DFALEK. 



well formed, perfect in their paces, and free from vice, 

 can scarcely be too dear at any price. 



I notice many horses in London, that for fashion, 

 breeding, and quality, cannot be surpassed in any part 

 of the world. I also notice, even in the equipages of 

 noblemen and gentlemen of well-known wealth, many 

 miserable weeds that would not fetch 20 each in a fair. 

 I cannot compliment their owners for their taste ; and 

 were I a wealthy man, I would ride and drive the best 

 horses that the country could produce ; they cost no 

 more in keeping than bad horses ; besides, a really good 

 horse is as good as ready money in the bank he can 

 either be sold or kept ; but there is always a difficulty 

 in finding a customer for a bad horse, and it is seldom 

 that the seller hears the last of him, even after he has 

 delivered him, and received the paltry price from the 

 purchaser. 



Nothing bespeaks the true-bred English gentleman so 

 plainly as the quality of his horses ; such a man invari- 

 ably patronises the respectable dealer. The penny- wise 

 and pound-foolish gentleman will patronise the chaunt- 

 ing coper, and always pay as much in the long run for 

 unsound horses as he would have done for honest animals 

 at the establishments of respectable men. 



I know a gentleman who, in July last, came to Lon- 

 don for the purpose of buying a pair of carriage-horses ; 

 he applied to a dealer of high standing in the West End, 

 "who recommended a pair of young, fresh, and exceed- 

 ingly handsome horses, for which he asked the sum of 



