28 A DC OF THE HORSE 



winners, or mares by well-known 

 winners fetch large prices, but it is 

 possible to obtain a very fair animal 

 for anything from forty-five pounds 

 to eighty pounds. 



Tlie Hunter. — During recent years 

 the thoroughbred has become the 

 popular mount in the grass counties 

 of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, 

 etc., the reason being that the increased 

 pace at which hounds travel nowa- 

 days makes it necessary for a horse 

 to be able to gallop and jump at a 

 tremendous rate. It is frequently 

 affirmed that the thoroughbred is the 

 horse for any and every county 



