CHAPTER III. 

 Care of Vehicles and Horses 



CONSTANT attention to the little details have 

 all to do with economy and success in caring 

 for carriages, etc. Two men will buy at the 

 same builders two carriages of the same make and 

 shape; they use them identically to all external 

 appearances ; yet one is worn out in a year, the 

 other lasts almost indefinitely; one appears shabby 

 a month after purchase, the other always looks fresh 

 and well-preserved, as indeed it is. In the former 

 case the actual depreciation is far greater than 

 appears, in the latter it is almost insignificant. 



The careful owner sees to it, when his new 

 carriage comes home, that it is, before being used 

 at all, washed thoroughly three or four times to 

 harden the varnish; carefully dried, that the var- 

 nish may not spot, and never allowed to stand in 



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