84 THE HORSE : ITS TAMING, 



a vehicle, and also rode him in saddle perfectly quiet. 



Horses in a natural state walk and stand very 

 nearly the twenty-four hours round, clearly showing 

 the peculiar requirements of their nature, and the 

 amount of exercise requisite. When in Chester, I 

 frequently visited the Duke of Westminster's stud 

 farm, and saw, when there, three Derby winners — - 

 Bend'or, Ormonde, and Shotover, the last-named one 

 a mare, who had at the time a foal to Bend'or, the 

 dam and sire being both Derby winners. Mr. Chap- 

 man, the Duke's stud master, entirely concurred in 

 my views relating to the absolute necessity of great 

 exercise for service stallions, if you want the horse 

 and his progeny to be healthy. 



Bend'or was at the time serving two mares a day, 

 and, before each service, was walked, and did every 

 week 100 miles, and sometimes 120 miles, and served 

 his mares immediately on his return, and out of his 

 last season's work only three or four mares proved to 

 be barren, and in all probability this might be the 

 fault of the mares themselves. 



Ormonde, a racehorse with an unbeaten record, was 

 then being prepared for stud purposes, and he had 

 the same amount of walking exercise, yet was getting 

 heavier daily, and what was being put on was nearly 

 as hard as if he had been in training. 



Both horses were as docile as the most docile of 

 sheep, and would permit any person to handle them, 



