A TRIAL BEFORE ENGAGEMENT ADVISED. 139 
I would try all as soon as fit, that the bad may be discarded, 
and the rest properly engaged; but until tried, be chary of 
engaging for the reasons above enumerated. 
Some of the anomalies connected with sales with engage- 
ments, I shall have occasion to notice later in my suggestions 
for certain alterations in current practices on the turf. 
