HORSE-DEALING 



brothers both dealing in hunters in a quiet way. 

 They were William and Harry Gale. I felt they 

 would not be too pleased to see me open up in their 

 country. I felt it might be a friendly and wise 

 thing to do if I bought a horse or two from them. 



I felt that Harry Gale was just the man we wanted 

 to live in Ireland and buy horses for us. I asked 

 him if he would care to come for an outing with 

 me to the Dublin Show. I said : " Of course, I 

 will pay all expenses." When we got to the show 

 I said : " Now, you look round and, if you see a 

 horse that you really like, you just buy him without 

 trying to consult me, or you may lose him." He 

 soon found one and said : " I've bought you a 

 horse." Not long afterwards, he came to me and 

 told me he had sold him again at a good profit, 

 and so I determined to try to arrange with him to 

 go and live and be our buyer in Ireland. I can 

 honestly say it was the best day's work I ever did. 



It was not a very pleasant job breaking this news 

 to Mr. Topham, but I made him a good present 

 of a substantial sum and I undertook to put him 

 back in York free of all expense to him. I told 

 him that, if he liked to act as our agent in the north 

 of England, I would give him a good commission 

 on all he found for me, but he felt that he would 

 rather stay in Ireland and do a little on his own 

 account. It ended disastrously for him as I felt 

 sure it would, and he eventually came back to me 

 and acted as our clerk. 



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