XIV CONTENTS. 



P\OE 



CHAPTER VI. 



Hiding to Plunt and Hunting to Ride— Horsemansliip inseparable 

 from Enjoyment of the Chase — Going a-Hunting— Price of 

 Horses— Thorongh-bred. versus Cock-tails — Blood, again, will 

 tell— A ]\Ian without a Grandfather — The Wendover Run — Nim- 

 rod's Letter on Condition — Physic— Bleeding . . .58 



CHAPTER VII. 



Continuation of Remarks on Condition— Nimrod's Alterative Balls 

 —Gruel after Hunting— Tired Horses, Treatment of — Hints in- 

 tended for Owners of Short Studs — Shoeing — Lost Shoes — 

 Anecdote of a H. H. Divine and his Bishop — Spare Shoes — 

 Method of Shoeing at Oakley — Grooved Shoes — Over-reaches 



— Feet and Legs — Foot Lameness— Hot Water as a General 

 Specific— Knee Buckets — Bleeding in the Foot— Use of Physic 

 — Feeding after Hunting — When to use Beans — Preparation or 

 Training of Hunters — Rules for getting them fit — Sweating — 

 Clipping, Grooming, and Dressing —Time for Clipping — Pre- 

 cautions—Legs — Firing and Blistering — Salt and Water Ban- 

 dages — Mercurial Charges — The Late Mr. Villebois — Efficacy of 

 his Application^Ventilation of Stables— Its Importance — How 

 easily contrived — Beauty of a Horse's Coat as an outward Sign 



of Health ........ 70 



CHAPTER VIIL 



Riding to Hounds — Difference of Countries— Of Horses — Expense — 

 Economy — Equipment of a Hunter— Riders— Long or Short 

 Stirrups— Hand — Temper— Horsemen — Accidents — Crossing 

 Ruts — Cramped Places — Blind Ditches — Timber and Bull- 

 finchers— Falling on the Right Side — Useful Horses— Favourites 

 —Colour — Size— Sex— Railroads the Curse of the Country — 

 Impending Evils of Foxhunting "a thousand years hence" — 

 Conclusion of Advice on Treatment of Hunters — Dress of a Gen- 

 tleman Sportsman — Mrs. Trollope on Male Attire — L'Air Noble 



— Change in Costume — Black Cravats — Jack-boots — Con- 

 tinuations—Best Dress for Hunting— Origin of wearing Scarlet ; 

 Royal Rule for ditto— Hats— Caps— Whips— Spurs— Charac- 

 teristics of a real Gentleman Fox-hunter in contrast with the 

 mere Vermin- killer . . . . . . .98 



CHAPTER IX. 



A Hunting Morning ; Mood for enjoyment of ; Different Sentiments 

 upon— Place of jSIeeting— Forcing a Fox— Where is the \\"\\\, is 

 the Way — View Halloos — Noise — Silence— The Human Voice 

 divine— Field Language — "Tally-ho" versus "Tally-O" — Mr. 



