The horse: its selection and purchase, together with the law of warranty, sale, &c by Barton Frank Townend

Author:Barton, Frank Townend
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses
Publisher: London, Hurst and Blackett, limited
Published: 1907-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

lutely sound at the time of purchase, but become an unsound one immediately after; and that when a veterinary surgeon passes a horse as sound, it is quite useless for the buyer to endeavour to throw the onus upon the examiner, in the event of the animal turning out unsound, unless sufficient expert evidence can be adduced to indisputably prove that the animal was unsound at the time of purchase.

If you are buying a horse for another person, have a clear understanding as to his requirements, taking particular care to comply with his wish regarding age, sex, height, colour, markings, temperament, price, and general build of body, etc. As a rule, it is a difficult matter to please another man in the selection of a horse, but it is a still more difficult matter to please a woman, not only in the selection of a horse, but in the management of her affairs.

Twenty per cent, can often be got off the price a dealer may ask.

If the seller of a horse refuses to give dehvery until the money is paid, and he is well aware that your position is good for the amount, the writer's advice is that you have nothing further to do with the transaction.

If buying a horse for double harness, take care to drive it on both the near and off side of the pole

along with its companion. Some horses have been driven on one side only, and nothing will make them run in double harness on the other side.

When a horse has been broken to single harness, but refuses to move when it comes into fresh hands, it may be that it has been driven with an open bridle. In any case, if such happens, an endeavour should be made to trace the history of the animal, so that it may be possible to ascertain the cause of its refusal to work

A sound horse is not necessarily a good one. In fact, one may go a very long time before finding a perfectly sound animal, and after having done so, it may be a slug of the first order.

You may hear what the seller or his grooms have to say about a particular horse, but be careful to satisfy yourself as to the correctness of such statements.

If you intend buying a horse from a dealer, pay your visit unexpectedly, so as to see the stud under ordinary circumstances.

If you buy without professional examination, you must endeavour to ascertain the animal's correct age, as very few sellers of horses refuse to wear the regulation hat, in order to comply with the intending purchaser's views as to age.

Cart horses should be tried in harness, up hill and down dale, in and out of traf&c; hunters and hacks ridden and jumped; and ponies for children and others of nervous temperament require particular care in selection.

If purchasing a brood mare, see that she has no disease likely to be transmitted to the foal.

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CHAPTER XI.

Hints Relating to Selling.

A SELLER, no matter

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