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category, but it will be admitted that far too many 

 of them do, to the disadvantage of bona fidi hunters, 

 which could beat the former on every occasion under 

 natural conditions. Show societies would do well 

 to adopt the jumping regulations of the Dublin 

 Society, where something like a fair and natural 

 course is available in order to test the merits of 

 horses. At Ballsbridge the ordinary shuffling show- 

 yard jumpers would very soon come to grief or suffer 

 disqualification. 



Were the system adopted in Britain of making 

 horses complete the course before being pulled up 

 very few of the broadside -on showyard type would 

 survive a single season. 



In judging jumping it is a good system to give 

 the highest points towards style and safety, which 

 must be assumed for cross-country work, and not 

 towards mere height, irrespective of how horses get 



over. 



But this principle must often be sacrificed at the 

 shrine of gate-money. Languishing finances induce 

 show societies to cater to the public taste. " The 

 man on the street" must be amused for his admission 

 ticket, whilst the genuine lover of the hunter and 

 hound is disgusted by the unpractical display. The 

 difficulties of dealing with this question are not dis- 

 guised. An alteration in the regulations might result 

 in reduced entries, but the possible falling off would 

 eventually be more than repaid in the quality of the 

 horses and in the genuineness of the contests. 



