248 CONFESSIONS OF A HOESE DEALER. 



Mm advice relative to the treatment of his horses, which 

 &e cannot reconcile to his own conceited ideas, he will 

 l>e sure to ridicule and repeat it to his companions, who 

 will coincide with him, that all masters are fools, and 

 advise him to do as they do treat their employers* 

 valuable animals in their own particular, stupid way, 

 until they are found out, and very properly sent about 

 their business, to make room for better men. 



CHAPTER XY. 



OTTB HORSES AND THEIR BRIDLES. 



LOOK at that rough, uneducated waggoner, how easily 

 lie manages that splendid team of four horses through 

 the most crowded thoroughfares of London, simply by a 

 wave of the hand, or by a single word from him, which, 

 addressed to any one of these willing and intelligent 

 animals, in the midst of all this noise and bustle, is in- 

 stantly heard, comprehended, and obeyed. Now walk 

 with me into Hyde Park. There ! see that young gen- 

 tleman riding that smart little Norfolk cob, which ap- 

 pears ready to lay down its life if it could only please 

 him ; but all its efforts to do so are fruitless, for its in- 

 experienced rider does not appear willing that it should 

 cither trot or canter, and a quiet walk does not suit, 

 because nobody would notice him j he requires a kind 



