84 WARRANTY OF 



good hackneys. Those who are fortunate enough to 

 possess such a treasure as a good hackney, will not part 

 with it until it is fairly worn out ; nor would a dealer 

 be at the trouble of producing another, unless he could 

 ensure for it a price commensurate with the pains re- 

 quired for the operation. 



It is a common complaint that the horses of the pre- 

 sent day dojQot lift their feet sufficiently high, in the same 

 way that they did when hackneys were more perfect, this 

 fault in them being erroneously attributed to their 

 breed. The thorough bred horse may be taught to lift 

 his leg as high and bend his knee as well as any other, 

 even after he has been trained for racing ; and he then 

 is better than the old-fashioned hackney, because safer 

 and easier, and his breed renders him capable of doing 

 more work. 



Hunters. 



After reading the above remarks upon hackneys, you 

 may naturally ask, How is it, then, that we have good 

 hunters, better indeed than we have ever had ? It is 

 because known hunters are seldom offered for sale in a 

 pursy state ; or, if they are in such a condition at any 

 time, they undergo a thorough training before they are 

 set to work. The remark also applies to young horses 

 that are bought for the purpose of making hunters : it 

 would indeed be a raw hand that would take a fat 

 hunter into the field. 



