94 SIZE AND BREEDING. 



which is always attended with extreme danger, and places 

 the horse in such a position that no smith can put on a 

 shoe properly. 



BREEDING THE HUNTER. 



In breeding hunters, it is most desirable to keep in 

 view the style of horse required. 



1. The twelve to fourteen stone hunters over a flying 

 country. 



2. The fourteen to twenty stone ditto. 



3. The twelve to fourteen stone hunter over banks, 

 hills, and walls. 



4. The fourteen to twenty stone ditto. 



First, then, we will suppose that a man is desirous of 

 breeding a horse up to from twelve to fourteen stones 

 over a flying country. Blood there must of necessity 

 be, and plenty of it ; and substance or muscular de- 

 velopment there must be, and plenty of it ; and length 

 there must be on short legs. 



Then we must choose a mare as much like what we 

 want as possible, and with almost more length and 

 breadth — length as we stand at their sides, and breadth 

 as we stand behind them. 



"Without this all the make and shape in the world will 

 avail nothing in carrying weight over a flying and big 

 country. As to height it is of little consequence, so 

 lonsr as it is over 15 hands and 1 in., but under this 

 standard I do not fancy a horse for a big country, unless 

 possessed of extraordinary length, which is very seldom 

 met with. 



