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may look. Many of the best racers on this side of 

 India, that were not particularly handsome, or if 

 handsome, not high, have been bought by judges, 

 and some by luck, for there is a great deal of that, for 

 from six to twelve hundred. 



If you are purchasing for the parade, and get all 

 the points described under the following head of 

 Charger, with fine high action, fourteen hands tw T o 

 inches high, high caste, handsome, and stylish, four 

 or five years old, and perfectly fresh and unblemish- 

 ed, you get him cheap at fifteen hundred. I should 

 be happy to obtain such a one for that sum, even if 

 he were slight. 



If you are not so very particular, and can excuse 

 an ugly head, a small eye, a filled up narrow chan- 

 nel, a bent fore-leg, a small hock, a drooping quarter, 

 a straight shoulder, a bad neck, indifferent action, or 

 any other defect, you ought to suit yourself from 

 eight hundred to a thousand ; and if you can excuse 

 blood, or take a Persian with one or two of these 

 defects, you will have no difficulty in procuring it 

 for five hundred.* 



If you go still further down, and take a screw of 

 liigh caste appearance, with a gummy leg, a blind 

 eye, a wapping spavin, a neatly fired ringbone, or a 

 foundered foot, there are plenty to be had for two 

 hundred, though they are often priced at two thou- 

 sand, in the hopes of your making an offer. You 

 will find, however, many of tolerable good caste and 

 make, five years old, fresh and free of wind-galls, 

 fourteen hands high, well adapted for hunting, from 



* On the Madras side, Persians can generally be purchased at from three 

 to four hundred rupees. ED. 



