feed during the hours when hunting is not possible 

 and keep their condition when an unsalted horse 

 would fall away from sheer want of food. 



According to their training, disposition, and know- 

 ledge of good and evil, horses are differently treated 

 when * offsaddled ' ; some may be trusted without 

 even a halter, and can be caught and saddled when 

 and where required ; others are knee-haltered ; others 

 are hobbled by a strap coupling either both fore feet, or 

 one fore and one hind foot, with enough slack to allow 

 walking, but not enough for the greater reach of a trot 

 or gallop ; whilst some incorrigibles are both knee- 

 haltered and hobbled ; and in this gallery Snowball 

 figured upon occasion a mournful and injured inno- 

 cent, if appearances went for anything ! 



It was not, as a rule, at the outspan, where many 

 hands were available, that Snowball gave trouble, 

 but out hunting when I was alone or with only one 

 companion. A trained shooting horse should stop 

 as soon as his rider lays hand on mane to dismount, 

 and should remain where he is left for any length of 

 time until his master returns ; some horses require the 

 reins to be dropped over their heads to remind them 

 of their duty but many can safely be left to them- 

 selves and will be found grazing quietly where left. 



Snowball knew well what to do, but he pleased 

 himself about doing it ; sometimes he would stand ; 

 sometimes move off a little way, and keep moving 

 just out of reach holding his head well on one side 

 so that he should not tread on the trailing reins or the 

 long weighted reimpje which was attached to his bit 



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