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CHAPTER II. 



THE 8CABCITY OF GOOD HOESES ITS CATTSES ASD 

 PEOPOSED BEMEDY. 



is the breeding of horses on the increase in Ireland, 

 and decreasing in England ? Because, when the Irish 

 breeder has sold his horses and pocketed his money, there 

 is an end of the transaction. He will not give a war- 

 ranty. Why should he ? The purchaser has eyes to 

 see the horse as well as himself ; an' faith if he is de- 

 ficient in judgment, why does he not bring some of his 

 friends to advise him ? an* sure if they think the horse 

 is unsound, they have a more agreeable remedy than an 

 action at law for breach of warranty viz., " Lave him 

 alone." 



But, after all the risk and expense of bringing the 

 English-bred horse to market, the breeder never knows 

 when he is sold ; in fact, he only lends him on trial a 

 few weeks to a dealer, and so, by the present system of 

 warranty, the dealer lends him to his customer ; and 

 after being in the care of some ignorant or careless ser- 

 vants a few weeks, he is sent back with his coat and back 

 stuck up like a hedge-hog, and declared by the customer's 

 veterinary surgeon to be unsound ; and although another 

 veterinary surgeon gives a certificate to the contrary, he 



