CHAPTER III 



HUNTERS SUITABLE FOR BOYS 

 AND GIRLS 



The term boy's hunter is one capable of rather 

 wide interpretation, including, as it does, almost 

 any kind of saddle-hack capable of being hunted, 

 or perhaps, more correctly spoken of as capable of 

 following hounds. Regarded in this light, any- 

 thing from a Shetland pony up to a sixteen 

 hands, or thereabouts, horse, would be included 

 under the title. It is customary at many of the 

 meets to see boys mounted on all sorts and 

 conditions of ponies, some of which give very 

 creditable performances, whereas others are in- 

 different, or even bad jumpers. The breeding of 

 boys' hunters has never been regarded in a 

 serious light, probably because the demand has 

 not been sufficient to call for a supply of horses 

 of this description. In the selection of a hunter 



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