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that celebrated master of hounds and horsemen, Assheton Smith, was so bad a hack that he 

 was always led to cover. 



A horse of general utility should be able to walk in regular time — one, two, three, four. 

 No riding-horse is worth his corn that cannot walk, for it is one of the principal paces of a 



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A GOOD HIND QUARTER. 



hack in town or country — one of the greatest luxuries of a studious or hard-worked man. 

 There are a great many gradations in walking. Four miles an hour done in harmonious 

 cadence, without stumbling, dropping, shuffling, or breaking, for an hour at a stretch, is a very 

 good pace, although every good walker is said to do five miles an hour. The style is the 

 first consideration ; after four miles an hour is reached and exceeded, to do five miles an 

 hour in good form is a very rare performance. I have had hacks that would do five miles 



