. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. WjKRAArY. 19: pair of barouche-horses, the property of Mr. East, the great job-master of Mayfair, which took a prize at the Agricultural Hall Horse Show in 1864, were both not far from twenty years old. After unsoundness comes vice, which broadly means either " not quiet to ride or not quiet to drive," or dangerous in the stable, or
. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. WjKRAArY. 19: pair of barouche-horses, the property of Mr. East, the great job-master of Mayfair, which took a prize at the Agricultural Hall Horse Show in 1864, were both not far from twenty years old. After unsoundness comes vice, which broadly means either " not quiet to ride or not quiet to drive," or dangerous in the stable, or quiet in double and not in single harness, or vice versa. Vice again is a matter of degree. A timid person would call that vice, perhaps justly, which a bold horseman would treat as play. These preliminary observations bring us to the important question of warranty. No. sensible person purchases an expensive horse by private contract without requiring a warranty, either general or special, of soundness and freedom from vice. I should never think of depend- ing on the warranty of a low-priced horse; in fact, I should not ask for it, unless from a seller whose word was to be depended on, because it will not pay to go to law for a small sum of money. The first value of a warranty depends on the way it is expressed, and the next on the solvency of the person who gives it. Professional horse-copers never hesitate to give the most unlimited warranties, just as they also offer a week or a month's trial to the purchaser who is foolish enough to part with his cheque without a veterinary examination. A warranty, to be of the greatest practical value, should be in writing, because, although a verbal warranty is held good in law, it is extremely difficult to prove what has been said ; therefore, a trial on a verbal warranty resolves itself into a contest of hard swearing. Z. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for reada
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