290 HUNTERS. 



of those who exist only in error, and never 

 condescend to sanction the most promising 

 ray of improvement, the great number of 

 valuable horses that have lost their lives, 

 either in or immediately after the chase, in 

 the two last seasons only, with his Majesty's, 

 his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's, 

 Lord Barrymore's, and Captain Parker's 

 hounds, are demonstrative proofs oi'inahility 

 ill the o-rooms, or indiscretion in the riders ; 

 as well as collateral corroboration that the 

 system of perfection is not yet attained, even 

 in the firat hunting stables of fashion and 

 eminence. 



Without presuming to arraign, in the 

 present instance, the judgment of 07ie, or 

 the prudence of the other, I shall proceed 

 to lay down such rules for the selection of 

 hunters, and the minute particulars of their 

 management, as have for a series of more 

 than twenty years enabled me to enjoy the 

 pleasures of the chase with a multiplicity 

 of the fleetest and most popular packs in 

 different parts of the kingdom ; without one 

 pf those unlucky contingencies that so fre- 

 quently throw less thinking or less expe- 



