HUNTERS 



In other words, it is easier to provoke vice than 

 to curb it when once established. 



The schooling of the hunter, practically 

 speaking, extends from foal-hood up to the end 

 of the fifth year, and doubtless many will say 

 until two or three years after the period last 

 named. The author is well enough aware that 

 those who have largely to do with the education 

 of hunters purchase their stock when about three 

 years old, therefore, there is no opportunity for 

 the earlier handling of the animals, which is a 

 matter so much to be desired. In spite of this, 

 purchasers of judiciously selected "unmade" 

 hunters are, after a year or two's schooling, able 

 to turn out some first-class animals, and when a 

 man does so it speaks volumes for his abilities. 

 As previously stated, the earlier the hunter foal 

 is handled the better, and there is no better 

 subduing influence, or none more salutary, than 

 that of association with man. When the foal is 

 still running with the dam, it can easily be taught to 

 come to the owner or his attendants when called, 

 no matter whether it be in the loose-box or in the 

 paddock, and this early association gradually 

 becomes strengthened when the foal is able 



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