LETTER XI 



CONDITION RESUMED 



AS the latter end of July is the period when 

 all hunters should be in the stable, I 

 resume my remarks on " Condition," and 

 shall continue them until I have concluded 

 what' I have to say on the subject. I make no apology 

 for the minuteness of the detail, as I am well convinced 

 the subject is one which will command the attention 

 of my readers ; and I am happy to be able to com- 

 municate the pleasing fact, that numbers of my 

 brother sportsmen have adopted my system of sum- 

 mering the hunter, with the anticipation of the best 

 results. I have also had an opportunity during a late 

 excursion through some of the best hunting countries, 

 of hearing of, or seeing, numerous studs of hunters 

 summered in this manner, belonging to sportsmen of 

 the very first order, who adopted it long before I put 

 pen to paper on the subject. Among others I called 

 on Mr Weedon, the Earl of Plymouth's groom, whose 

 opinion, as one of the best hunting grooms in England, 

 I was anxious to obtain. I found that he carried the 

 object of condition still further than I do. as he in- 

 formed me that all those horses of his Lordship which 

 were flesh on their legs were walked out for an hour 



