CHAPTER XVI 



FOX-HUNTING TYPES {continued) 



THE MAN WHO HUNTS FOR AIR AND EXERCISE — HIGH- 

 WAY FOX-HUNTERS — THE MAN WHO HUNTS BECAUSE 

 IT IS THE THING TO DO — THE FOX-HUNTER ON 

 WHEELS. 



Let me take first the Man who Hunts for Air and 

 Exercise. Here he is at the meet ! A type that you 

 may, for once, single out. Nearly always of a jovial, 

 good-humoured disposition, the Man who Hunts for 

 Air and Exercise is also, I have observed, one who 

 takes up a certain amount of room in the world, 

 whose appearance bespeaks goodly nourishment of 

 the corporeal frame. No "lean and hungry Cassius " 

 this. Rather a jovial Falstaff, with hearty greeting 

 and merry jest on tongue. A type that is welcomed 

 by all and could ill be spared. 



We are not to suppose that this type of fox-hunter 

 always labels himself as above. On the contrary, he 

 would probably be very much surprised if told that 

 he was considered to come within that category. 

 Certainly, he never deems himself a hard rider ; but 



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