162 THE POCKET AND THE STUD. 



It will be remembered I am now taking a pair 

 of horses that are quite as expensive to keep as 

 any used for private purposes, for I allow each 

 six quarterns of corn per day. No two hunters 

 living eat as much, take the year throughout ; for 

 though the name of a hunter to some persons con- 

 veys an idea of great expense and though hunt- 

 ing is expensive, it is not the keep of the horse 

 that makes it so a good well-worked 40/. cover 

 hack costs quite as much, and more, than you can 

 get some hunters to cost you. 



Two horses, six quarterns a day each, at II. 4s. s. d. 



per qr., say - - - - 41 

 14lbs. of hay per day each, at 



41 10s. per ton, say - - 20 10 

 Supposing straw to be scarce, 



Icwt. of straw per week, IL 105., 



per ton say - . , - - 3 18 

 Shoeing both, 10,9. per month, 28 



days* 6 10 



Wear and tear of chamois, sponges, 



brushes, &c., 6d. per week - 160 

 Wear and tear of clothing and 



head collars, 6d. each - - 2 12 



75 10 



* Shoeing and occasionally altering will come to some- 

 thing more in London, where they charge 5s. a set : but as in 

 the country they charge but 4s., indeed in some places less, 

 I think the 6Z. 10s. a fair average. I take the same thing 

 into consideration as regards keep, not supposing a horse all 

 the year in London. 



