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horses. The latter is most complete, and explains 

 the good and bad points of a horse in the best 

 possible way — i.e. by illustration. 



Any one who has sufificient knowledge to under- 

 stand Sir F. Fitzwygram's hints on purchasing can 

 scarcely buy a "wrong 'un," as far as make and 

 shape are concerned. There are, however, three 

 pieces of advice he does not give. One is, "If 

 possible ride your horse, and see how he feels, 

 before you buy him." Another is, " If you are giv- 

 ing much money, say over ^50, have him vetted, 

 even when you have an experienced friend to help 

 you ; " and the third is, " Look at both sides of a 

 horse." Memory recalls a horse sold at Tattersall's 

 for ninety-five guineas, with a rupture on the ^^side, 

 which it is certain that some at any rate of the 

 bidders did not see. 



Sir Frederick says, "Reject a horse which is 

 ' split up,' i. e. shows much daylight between his 

 thighs ; propelling power comes from behind, and 

 must be deficient in horses without due muscular 

 development between the thighs." This horseman's 

 term " split up " recalls the day when a gallant 

 officer, in showing his own horses, remarked know- 

 ingly, " What I like about this horse (turning his 

 tail sideways) is that he is so well split up behind ! " 

 And yet this ofificer bought many horses for the 

 Government in one of our colonies ! Poor Govern- 

 ment !! Should our youth have to do the same, and 

 there is no reason why some day he should not, 

 these pages will not have been written in vain, if 



