THE NOBLE SCIENCE. 63 



The difference in the manner of going depends upon the 

 nerve or ambition of him who follows the hounds for the 

 sake of what is technically termed " going", or of him 

 who goes for the sake of the hounds. Both may go 

 equally well over a country, in a run ; but the advantage 

 which the sportsman has, is this, that he will very 

 frequently be well amused with what has been, to him, 

 a day's sport, and return well satisfied with having 

 " gone hunting," when the other will say that there has 

 been nothing to go for. 



All, however, who pretend to hunt in any way, are 

 desirous of being well mounted, at least in their own 

 estimation. The acquisition of a stud of good hunters 

 is a matter of the highest importance ; and one, not of the 

 easiest attainment. A good hunter is always to be had 

 for money, and it is easier to get a stable full of hunters 

 than two or three really good hacks ; but a horse which 

 is well able to carry more than twelve stone across a 

 country will always command a price, rendering it diffi- 

 cult for any, but those happily gifted with an abundance 

 of that which will procure anything and everything,* 

 to mount themselves to their satisfaction. A light 

 weight, that is, a man riding from ten to twelve stone, 

 may, with judgment, aided by luck, buy a horse for from 

 fifty to a hundred guineas, which may prove first rate ; 

 but horses equal to higher weight, and possessing any 



* Xpvaos avoiyd nuvra. 



