50 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 



One entire day was devoted to the in- 

 spection of the cavalry in and about 

 Rennes, and I was most agreeably sur- 

 prised at the result, for I must confess 

 we found some ten or a dozen cocktails 

 of a very superior stamp, and, as far as a 

 cursory view of them would enable us to 

 judge, very well calculated to go across 

 country. 



These chosen few possessed all the out- 

 ward and visible signs of good goers, 

 Avith a tolerable dash of blood and of un- 

 exceptionable shape and action. They 

 were all from Paris, and had evidently 

 been selected by an experienced judge of 

 horse-llesh. 



As I always act up to the adage '* Look 

 before you leap," I suggested the expe- 

 diency of trying the nags at a fence or 

 two before the "coming day," and ac- 

 cordingly Capt. P — , Mr. W , and 



myself pitched upon three of the most 



