HOW TO ADVERTISE A HORSE FOR SALE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1417, 2 August 1881, Page 3

HOW TO ADVERTISE A HORSE FOR SALE.

A cKim's of ttic County of Cork is credited with the following ingeniously compiled actvertisment about a hor>-e : Saturday, the 16th September, will be setup for sale, ♦at Skibcrcou, a strong, staunch, stoudv, Wmnd, stout, sinewy, serviceable, sm.ut, Strapping, .supple, swift, lightly, sprightly, spiiited, htuidy, shining, suip-foprod, sleek, smooth, sp.mkv, woll-skumed, sized, and shaped, sorrel steed, of superlative symmetry, styled, '' Npuuker," with small star and snip ; square-aided,-lender-shouldeied, shaip sighted and singularly stately; free from Kfciin, spr.un, spavin, spasm*, spring halt, htr.irijriifiiy, sciatica, staggers, scouring, sti angle*, iceling, seelander, surfeit, seams, Rh'<irnon.<<, swellings, souances, scratches, spliul, squint, bcurf, scabs, seal-, mias, ring, shuffling, shambling-g.nt, or symptoms of sickness of any soit. He is neither btiff-mouthed, shabby- coated, sinew-sprung, spur-galled, saddle- backed, atjell-footed, surbated, nkin-scabbed, .-short winded/splay- footed, nor shoulder Ihipped, and its sound in the sword -point saud stifle-joint. Has neither sick-spleen, aleeping-evil, set fast, snaggle-teeth sand-cracks, subcutaneous soies, nor shattered hoof?. Nor his he sour, sulky, curly, stubborn, or sullen in temper. Neither sly nor skittish, slow, sluggish, nor stupid. He neither blips, strips, or strays, stalk?, starts, etops, shakes, .snivels, snuffles, snorts, stumbleß, or stocks in his stall or stable, and scarcely or seldom sweats. Has a. showy, stylish', awAtefo-tail, ° r stern, and a safe set of aboes on. Can feed on stubble, sainfoin, ebeuf-oats, straw-hedge, or Scotch grass. Carries eixt&an atone with surprising speed, in his styoke 4 over a six-foot sod, or stone wall, His sire was the Sly Sobereibes, out of a sister .of Spindleshanks by Scamp, » sporting son of Sparkjor, who won' the sweepstakes and subscription plate last season at Sligo. His selling trice sixty-seven pounds, sixteen ehilIxa«rs and sixpence sterling."-Stereo-typed by Samuel S. SmUfc, St. Stephen's Square, fftrangford."

The cleaner the stable or milking yard, the better brushed M cleaned the cow, the neater the milker in hjs #r her person, and the leas .exposure of the wi& to the air, the longer it ■will keep sweefo &nd the sweetw and purer it will be.