CHAPTER III. 



I SHALL now set down some memoranda 

 to be observed in buying a horse 

 already broken to riding, if you are not to be 

 cheated in the purchase. First, then, the 

 question of age should not pass unnoticed; 

 for if he no longer has the markers, '^ the 

 prospect is not a glad one, and he is not to 

 be disposed of so easily. His youth once 

 made sure of, the way in which he lets you 

 put the bit into his mouth, and the head-piece 

 about his ears, should not escape you. This 

 would be least likely to pass unnoticed if the 

 bridle were put on and taken off in the sight 



