CONFESSIONS OF A HORSE DEALER. CHAP. I. RoguesandFools Tricks of Horse Copers Swindling Practices The Advertising Dodge The Respectable Groom Buying a Secret A Regular Muff A Deal on the Bustle The Raffle The Sportsmans Wife The Eighth Hussars- Poor Old Jocko The False Tail . page 1 CHAP. II. The Marquis of Waterfords Horse Shewing the Paces A perfect Fencer Jump up, Sir Cash on Delivery The Spavin The Veterinary Surgeon An Ill-used Horse- Dealer The Acceptance The Switch Glandered Horses A Horrible Death The Switch Copers The Police Chace The Agent in Advance A Cruel Fraud . 18 CHAP. III. Making up Horses Bishoping A Methuselah The Age of Horses Marking the Teeth Puffing the Glims- Gypping The Fig An Impudent Trick Jerusalem Lamented The Chuck-Backed Horse The Deal The Piper and the Roarer The Clever Groom A Fool and his Money . 30 CHAP. IV. The Farmers Story Old Boxer Chesterfield Fair A Fine Horse The Home Road A Spirited Nag The Horse Grows White A very Old Friend Smashers Dealers in Soft- uns Passing the Notes Injured Innocence Coming the Bounce The Country Inn The Trainers Confederates A Coping Repository Pretended Bidders Old Roby Four Pounds for the Bargain A Sell … 49 CHAP. V. Another Swindle Knowledge got by Reading An Awkward Discovery Beaning a Horse No Remedy The Fast Trotter A Race for a Tenner Old Blazeaway The Disappointment The Trotting Doctor An Irish Horse-coper The Manchester Sale The Great Horse Auction Swindle A Clever Trick A Set of Screws Judging of Horses A Fine Haul Hiding the Trail …. 68 CHAP. VI. Patrick Dunlevy The Queen of Hearts The Manchester September Meeting The Griffin The Twins False Imprisonment HeavyDamages Mr Double-Shuffle A Green Hand TheLetter Diplomacy Diamond Cut Diamond No Effects The Brewers Traveller The Manager Very Dear Hay A Narrow Escape Dusty Bob The Wager A Neat Trick The Traveller Done … 90 -3 IV CONTENTS. CHAP. VII. Captain B .The Advertisement The Doctors Horse A Bog Spavin The Horse Returned An Honest Dealer A Coper Frightened A Handsome Pair of Carriage Horses Another Swindle Other Modes of Trickery The Salt Trick The Welsh Farmer A Nerved Horse The Roarer- The Mayor of Chester His Lordships Bailiff A clever Takein The Biter Bit Change out of Seventy Pounds, page 115 HORSE TALK. CHAP. I. Horse Breeding Hunters and their Riders, page 143 CHAP. II. The Scarcity of Good Horses its Causes and Proposed Remedy … . 151 -CHAP. III. The Form and Action of Good Saddle Horses 161 CHAP. IV. The Zehra at the Zoological Gardens. Regents Park 174 CHAP. V. Savage Race-Horses 181 CHAP. VI. Temperate Hunters … 187 CHAP. VII. How to Detect Imperfect Vision or Blindness in Horses ….. 193 CHAP. VIII. Balls and Drenches 202 CHAP. IX. Runaway Horses 208 CHAP. X. Our Cavalry Horses … 217 CHAP. XI. The Character of the Horse . . 225 CHAP. XII. Street Driving . 235 243 CHAP. XV. Our Horses and their Bridles . . 248 CHAP. XVI. Taking up from Grass and Conditioning 255 CHAP. XVII. Food of Horses … 264 CHAP. XVIII. Mr. Rareys System ofTaming Horses CHAP. XIX. Why are not Race-horses Bred with a combi- 270 CHAP.XIII. Treatment of Mares in Foal . . 240 CHAP. XIV. Twenty things which a bad Groom or Coachman will do ….. nation of usefurQualities, . . 278 CHAP.XX. The Selection and Training of Shooting Cobs 282 CHAP.XXI. Horsemanship for Gentlemen 285 CHAP.XXII. Early Working of Cart Colts. 294 CONFESSIONS OF A HOBSEDEALEB. CHAPTER I. BOGUES AND FOOLS. TRICKS OF HORSE COPERS. SWIND- LING PRACTICES. THE ADVERTISING DODGE…