CHAPTER IL. 



HOW TO BUY. 



C HOW TO GET CtXKKECT IKFOBMATIOX. II. THE BUYEB MrST KNOW WHAT HE WAST* 



III. PEOPORTIOKS OF THE HOKSE. n*. THE CLEVELAND BAY FOR PROFIT. Y. 



THE LIGHT HARNESS HOBSE. VI. SADDLE HOESES OF ALL GAITS. VII. THE HIGH. 



BRED HUNTING HORSE. VIII. RACING HORSES. IX. WHAT THE RACER SHOULD BE. 



X. TO AVOID VICES AND DEFECTS — HOW TO DETECT, XI. OTHER FAULTS ANI» 



IMPERFECTIONS. 



I. How to Get Correct Information. 



Every horse owner sooner or later becomes a judge of what he is buy- 

 ing. If he depends entirely upon the lessons learned through cheats that 

 are practiced upon him by sharp jockeys, life is too short for him ever to 

 become an adept in distinguishing vice, unsoundness, ''dosed up" and 

 used up horses as among the various tricks and swindles practiced upon 

 the ignorant and unwary. Generally after being cheated, or absolut«»ly 

 swindled a few times, the breeder goes to the only correct source of 

 information, concisely written and carefully illustrated books. He is 

 thus enabled not onl}^ to study, but subsequently to carry in his mind 

 what he has read and seen ; he comes to compare critically the living 

 animal with the illustrations and descriptions, and thus becomes an expert 

 himself, and in a hundredth part of the time by which he could acquire 

 correct information in any other way. This is precisely the means used 

 by any professional man in the acquisition of true knowledge in the 

 pursuit of his profession, whether it be in a learned profession or in th« 

 education to practical art. Thereafter practice makes perfect. 



n. The Buyer Must Know What he Wants. 



Suppose he is looking for stock from which to breed trotting horses. 

 He must then consider the t^^ie of horse he wishes to breed : whether fol 



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