CHAPTER VII 



HUNTERS AND THEIR STABLES 



" Oh ! the vigour with which the air is rife, 

 The spirit of joyous motion, 

 The fervour, the fulness of animal life, 

 Can be drained from no earthly potion. 



Then the leap, the rise from the springy turf, 



The rush through the buoyant air, 

 And the light shock landing — the veriest serf 



Is our emperor then and there." 



To write up the whole subject that comes under 

 this heading would be too long a task for a hand- 

 book of this sort. Many further details not com- 

 mented upon here will be found in ^'Hunting" 

 (Badminton series) ; the late Duke of Beaufort, 

 " Horses and Stables " ; the late General Sir F. 

 Fitzwygram ; the late Captain C. G. Mackenzie's 

 ^' Notes for Hunting Men"; the late Captain 

 Haye's ^^ Stable Management, &c.," and there are 

 others. The subject can be approached from 

 many points of view. Our health (we believe) is 

 best when we live regularly, thus most people agree 

 that the secret of successful stable management 

 is ''regularity." To obtain regularity in feeding, 

 exercise and grooming is half the battle. The 

 general order of events in a well-managed hunting 



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