194 Hark Away. 



in good form, then his looks behe him, and I am 

 no judge of a hunter. 



Another dinking, good-looking horse was styled 

 Harkforward, and I think it would take a man and 

 a horse, too, to get before him over a stiff hne 

 of country. The same remark as to the goodness 

 of shoulders is applicable to nearly every horse I 

 saw. Without a sloping shoulder, and good girth 

 place, there never was, or will be, good action, and 

 that fact seems to be duly recognised by the buyer 

 for the Andover Company. 



Although the day Avas piercingly cold, requiring 

 the outward man to be well covered, and the inward 

 man, adequately lined — by-the-bye, I find Grant's 

 Morella cherry brandy most excellently adapted for 

 the latter purpose. I don't know who Grant is, but 

 if a man deserves well of his country, who makes 

 two blades of grass grow in the place which only 

 produced one, how much more should that person 

 be valued who invents such an undeniable vade 

 mecum for a hunting man ! 



Mr. Newman had horse after horse trotted out, 

 that I might judge of their movements as well as 

 their appearance. A pair of good-looking harness 

 horses first appeared on the scene. Knight of Kerry 

 and Sultan, admirably suited for the post of "wheelers" 

 in a well-appointed coach, and both clever hunters, 

 quiet to ride, and suitable to go across Essex or any 

 other close and stiff country. After which Don 

 Juan, by Lothario, quiet in harness, sixteen hands 

 one inch high, was trotted out ; and a regular nailer 

 was the Don, suitable for the brougham of the 

 most howling of London swells. Such an animal as 



