The Cost of Hunting 



year-olds, well bred (sound), and with good 

 manners : — 



Younger horses would be cheaper — short days 

 and near meets are the order then. ;^5o to ;^i2o 

 appears to be a sum that will mount the average 

 hunting-man. A horse that hunts three days a fort- 

 night should last six to eight seasons. I will 

 briefly summarise the probable expenses under 

 the following heading : wages, saddlery and stable 

 accessories, hunters at livery, shoeing, veterinary 

 (say £2 per annum), clothes, and hunt subs. A 

 groom's wages differ in different districts from 

 £\ to £\, 5s. per week. A headman, with helper 

 under him, expects from £\, 5s. to £\y 15s. per week, 

 clothes, and a cottage. Strappers usually receive 

 about £\y IS. weekly ; useful boys from los. to i8s. 

 a week. The different articles of saddlery and 

 accessories vary with the saddler. Second-hand 

 exercising saddles will be found an economy. 



Those who keep hunters at livery will have to pay 

 from £\, 4s. to £\y los. per week for each animal. 

 A set of shoes, lasting a month, cost from 3s. 6d. to 

 5s. Hunting clothes are entirely fixed by taste ; 

 almost every article of apparel, breeches, boots, &c., 

 must be duplicated. A good style of outfit would 



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