THINGS WHICH A BAD GBOOM WILL DO. 243 



CHAPTEE XIY, 



TWENTY THINGS WHICH A BAD OBOOM OB COACHMAN 

 WILL BO. 



IST. He will recommend his master to buy horses from 

 the dealer who will allow him the greatest bribe, with- 

 out taking into consideration whether they are likely to 

 suit or not. 



2nd. He will expect more profit, in the shape of 

 gratuity, from the horse-dealer, coachmaker, saddler, 

 or corn-dealer, than those tradesmen realise for them- 

 selves out of his order. 



3rd. He will, in place of exercising his horses when 

 not in regular work, let them stand with their legs 

 swelling in the stable, while he is smoking a short pipe, 

 and backing racehorses for shillings, behind the bar of 

 a back-street beerhouse, with more of the same fraternity. 



4th. He will, when he does take it in his head to 

 exercise his horses, ride them on the hard stones in 

 crowded thoroughfares, at any pace, to suit his own 

 purpose, whether beneficial to the horses or not. 



5th. He will fill the racks with good hay until -the 

 horses contract a habit of pulling it out under their 

 feet, and so mix it with litter and waste it. He will 



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