9i NOTES FOR HUNTI?vTt-MEN" 



bribed to betray their masters' interests, and are 

 doing a mean thing, which no self-respecting man 

 could do if he thought the matter over. However, 

 there is no good blinding oneself to the fact that 

 the iniquity does exist, and the only thing for you 

 as an employer to do is, by personal supervision, 

 to insure that money spent by tradesmen in that 

 way is money wasted ; and, secondly, to convince 

 your groom that it will pay him better to really 

 look to your interests than to get dishonest and 

 uncertain gain from tradesmen. 



If you intend having out two horses a day you 

 must get a good second horseman. He must, of 

 Second course, be a light weight, but to save a stone 

 iiur^emau ^^ ^^^^^ there is no advantage in having a 

 lad. Unless he is a quite exceptional specimen of 

 the genus boy, he may be up to all sorts of games 

 with your best horse, and if your animals are up to 

 weights, a small lad will not be able to ride them 

 wdien they are fresh. You want a good horseman, 

 and, above all things, a quiet rider, with good 

 hands. However good in other respects, I would 

 not keep a bad-tempered man as second horse- 

 man. He Vvill probably get anno3^ed with your 

 favourite horse when you are not looking, job him 

 in the mouth, and beat him over the head, spoiling 

 your horse s temper and your comfort for the day, 

 if not for longer. A man with the least tendency 



