THE HORSE TO CHOOSE 13 



I am sure, as we are not in any hurry to- 

 night, that some of you would like to learn 

 something of my ideas of the right sort of 

 horse to get hold of to master. Here, how- 

 ever, I wish it to be clearly understood that 

 I am only giving my ideas on what is, after all, 

 a matter of opinion, and perhaps, too, I am 

 prejudiced. I believe in the thoroughbred 

 horse, and my advice to the man about to buy 

 a horse is '' get as much blood as you can," 

 provided, of course, that he is free of the tear- 

 away faults which too often follow his early 

 experiences, and is, of course, in other ways 

 suitable as to size, etc. In other words, my 

 ideal of the horse for your purposes is the 

 small thoroughbred, or, perhaps best of all, 

 the horse by a thoroughbred sire out of a 

 half or three-quarters bred hunter mare. 



But you will ask. What is this ideal ? 

 How are we to know it when we see it ? 

 To that my reply is, go to a race-meeting 

 if you cannot get any other opportunity of 

 having a good look at a race-horse, and try 

 to get a picture of his points in your mind 



