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for their control, I would certainly advise such 

 a person never to buy a horse that had run away, 

 or could be induced to do so, be it under what 

 circumstances it might ; for, with such helpless 

 hands over him, he would go away again, not from 

 habit or vice, but simply from an inclination to 

 do that which I would wish every harness horse 

 to do, namely, to go faster than I required him 

 to do. In fact, the very horse I would prevent 

 such a person purchasing, would be the one I 

 should select for most of my friends : and the 

 horse I would select for such a person as the one 

 described, I would, if offered for my use as a pre- 

 sent, at once reject. 



There are horses that will, from vice, or some- 

 thing very like it, run away, as others will kick ; 

 often they do both. A thorough coachman may 

 manage such reprobates, let their acts arise or ori- 

 ginate from what they may ; but in a general way 

 I should most certainly say, if a horse is one that, 

 from some cause for which we cannot account, 

 has run away more than once, reject him for any 

 general or gentlemanly purpose ; his safe place is 

 the wheel of a coach; or now, with a steady 

 partner, an omnibus would suit him, for we must 

 not grumble at a little occasional spree from a 

 kicker, when we ride a moderate journey for 

 three-pence. 



We may in great measure decide on the pro- 



