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up hunting or that he believes he knows of a horse that 

 will carry him better, etc. In regard to the argument that 

 a horse is not quite up to a certain country, but will in all 

 likelihood go well in yours, a quotation in an article on 

 horses in the " Encyclopaedia of Sport," p. 536 is here given: 



"'Do you call the Blackshire a difficult country? ' a young man is re- 

 ported to have asked of a Nestor of the Chase. ' My friend,' was the reply, 

 ' all countries are difficult when the hounds really run.'" 



" The Druid," in " Post and Paddock," quotes a friend 

 as saying : 



" Had I to choose a hunter by one point only, it should be his head ; 

 for I never saw one with a small, clean, intelligent face and prominent eyes 

 to be bad." 



HUNTER CLASSES. 



The qualification and scale of judging hunters established 

 by the National Horse Show Association of America is as 

 follows : 



" Horses, which have been shown at any place of exhibition for a fixed 

 consideration or guarantee, shall not be eligible for entry at this show as 

 Qualified or Green Hunters. They may, however, be entered where per- 

 formances over fences only count. 



"All exhibitors entering their horses in the Qualified or Green Hunter 

 classes, must furnish a certificate from the Master of the Hounds with whom 

 their horses have been hunted. Forms of certificate will be furnished by 

 this Association. 



" Only men or boys over fourteen years of age will be allowed to ride in 

 the Hunter or Jumping classes. 



" N. B. No horse having taken a first prize in the Hunter or Jumping 

 classes at any of the Association's previous shows can be entered in the 

 Hunter classes, but they may compete in the Corinthian, Jumping and 

 Champion classes. 



" In all the Hunter and Jumping classes where the number of entries may 

 make it desirable, the Association reserves to itself the right to order prelim- 



