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do not be surprised, horses, like ourselves, are liable 

 to chills. 



If 3'ou should hire a horse for a day's hunting, be 

 sure and keep him out till the very last, irrespective 

 of the nature of the sport and of his consequent 

 powers of endurance. Recollect that your two-and- 

 a-half guineas cover all risks, and if you have had 

 one clinking run, though long and trying, prog him 

 also through the next, and if, by doing so, you should 

 (as is probable) ride him to a standstill, leave him at 

 some neighbouring inn, or farm, and telegraph to 

 his owner to fetch him, deducting from your cheque, 

 when you remit it, the amount you paid for the 

 conveyance you yourself chartered in which to be 

 driven home. You may be considered by some both 

 humane and gentlemanly if you act thus, and will 

 certainly have had your money's worth. 



Never take any small change in your pockets when 

 hunting, you can then say truthfully that you have 

 none, should a rustic catch your horse, or render 

 you some other service worthy of reward. Good 

 nature, like virtue, should be its own reward, and 

 very often is, I think. 



Never personally give half-a-crown to the keeper 

 in whose covert you so constantly find, it rests with 

 your zealous and hardly-worked M. F. H. to settle 

 these matters, as it does with Velveteen's master 



