212 THE POCKET AND THE STUD. 



I could manage condition in hunters. In this 

 cast of character I have been applauded I hope 

 I shall be encored. 



Families who have a great deal of night work,, 

 and only intend to keep a pair of horses for their 

 carriage work, would perhaps do well to job ; for 

 this reason as I said before, horses cannot stand 

 all sorts of usage : not that there is any cruelty 

 in night-w T ork, but if horses are wished to be 

 in blooming condition, they cannot stand it ; so 

 the job-master keeps horses for all purposes 

 gives you one pair for the day, and a pair of 

 old seasoned hardy ones for night. 



A lady who keeps a pair of horses, if she is to 

 trust herself and them to the sole guidance of her 

 coachman, had better job ; for though she will 

 have a round sum to pay the job-master, she will 

 always have a pair ready ; whereas, her coach- 

 man, by one means or other, will contrive to get 

 as much out of her pocket as the jobmaster, and 

 she may not always be able to have her carriage, 

 if coachee has a friend coming to see him, or wants 

 to go to a party. 



From what I have said I trust I have borne 

 out rny assertion, that whoever undertakes the 

 management of their stud, if they manage it badly, 

 must suffer in the pocket so long as the same 

 management exists; this refers equally to the 



