“HOBSON’S CHOICE.”
There is a romance of success in the story of -the origin of the popular catch-phrase, “Hobson’s choice.” Towards the end of thL seventeenth century there lived at Cambridge Tobias Hobson, a carrier. He was the first man in that country to let out hackney horses. Hobson noticed bow • fond the .students were of riding, and, starting in a- small way, he ultimately established a large stable of horses with boots, bridles and whips. His horses were always'ready, and fit for riding, and lie treated every customer alike, When one called for a horse he was conducted to the stable.
But although there was a great choice of horses, Hobson always asked the customer to take the animal standing next, to the stable door. Hence it became a saying, when something was forced upon you which you would not- have chosen yourself, that it was Hobson’s choice.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2289, 14 June 1921, Page 4
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149“HOBSON’S CHOICE.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2289, 14 June 1921, Page 4
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