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some other Mr. Green gets accommodated ; the original one (not- 
withstanding the lesson) no doubt going to market again ; he will 
then probably get the significant colour changed, and he gets done 
Brown. This do possibly makes him look very Black, till he again 
sells, and again buys one who, on his mounting him, makes him 
look very Pale, and throws him. This makes him Black-and-blue : 
he sells him, and gets another bargain. Before mounting, he looks 
at his bruises ; he finds they are Green ; and, when he is mounted, 
the people look at him , and declare he is Mr. Green again.” 
The enormous prices horses fetch that turn out what we under- 
stand by the epithet “good” — whether good as hackneys, good as 
hunters, or good as harness horses — often induce people to make 
purchase of young, fresh, untried horses— diamonds in the rough — 
in hopes that by proper polish they may turn out diamonds of 
the first water. Hear what Harry Hieover says to this : — 
“ There is only one 6 on the six sides of a die ; so we must not 
expect to throw it twice running. We may, and often do ; but 
sometimes we may throw ten times without the 6 ; so it brings it 
to about the same odds. They are quite as great against a young 
horse turning out first-rate. 
Chap. II, comprising “ Stable Management” in its various 
ramifications, is no less interesting to us than its predecessor. The 
construction of a stable, having reference to aspect, to temperature, 
to ventilation, to comfort, is a most important consideration con- 
nected with the health and well-being of its animal inhabitant. 
The appearance and condition of a horse will mainly depend on 
his stable : his comfort should likewise be taken into account. A 
horse, however, may be comfortable in a situation not altogether 
conducive to his health, or he may be healthy in one that is not 
all that could be desired for his comfort. The desideratum is to 
combine the two. And, to the general observer, there is no better 
test of the accomplishment of this double end than what is afforded 
by the coat of the stabled horse. It is, in the stable-man’s eye, a 
veritable thermometer, and a barometer as well, and particularly 
about the season of “ the change of coat.” 
“ At this time, a few days will change a horse’s coat from satin 
to cotton velvet, unless the thermometer in the stable is closely 
watched and each horse watched also. Lucky, indeed, is*the man 
who, if he does not strictly attend to this himself, has got a groom 
who will. All the comfort — nay, luxury — of a fine coat in a 
