266 THE COMPLETE FOXHUNTER 



run in the fields, and as a rule the veteran can stand 

 a longer run than the young horse without taking hurt. 

 Horses which are given to jumping fences when out of 

 doors should be kept in the stable also, for one of these 

 in a field has been known to infect all his companions 

 with the jumping fault. We have known two such 

 horses, and one of them was at times found miles away 

 from his own home ; the other never went further than 

 the nearest clover — for which he had a wonderful nose. 



