SCIENCE OF FOXHUNTING. 7 



successively, as well as successfully. Few horses 

 could beat him in speed — none in fencing ; and 

 although standing only fifteen hands and an inch 

 high, he could top anything we sent him at, and 

 we were not particular in those days whether we 

 rode at a five-barred gate, six-foot wall, or a double 

 ox-fence. At the age of fifteen he was dismissed 

 the stables, from an incurable propensity to crib- 

 biting, and turned out for the remainder of his days 

 in pastures green during summer, and a snug farm- 

 yard, with sheds, in winter, without a speck or 

 blemish — not even a windgall upon one of his legs. 

 Admitting the great attraction of a neat head, well 

 set on a beautifully curved neck, with fine shoulders 

 and straight fore-legs, nevertheless, judicious breeders 

 of foxhounds are not so much taken with outward 

 appearances as to neglect other more important 

 qualifications. Stoutness and a good nose are with 

 them the first considerations, with frame exhibiting 

 more power than beauty of outlines. 



