THE SPORTING WORLD. ^'^ 



If there was a plate given for hunters it was 

 ten to one against his having any horse fit to go 

 for it with the ghost of a chance of winning, 

 and if peradventure he had and was told so, 

 his reply would have probably been, " No, no, 

 he is too good a hunter to be spoiled by putting 

 him in training, he would not be worth a farthing 

 to me afterwards." 



Such prejudices are sure to exist between 

 men who know little of the habits of each other, 

 and sooth to say, in many instances, are felt, and 

 justly too, where we arc well aware of the prac- 

 tices of certain individuals. But it may be asked 

 how is it that with such prejudices extant among 

 masters of hounds, such men as the late Lord 

 Darlington kept race horses while at the same 

 time he was so enthusiastic and practical a fox- 

 hunter? To this I reply — *' Be it remxCmbered 

 I did not say all masters of hounds indulged in 

 such prejudice, I merely stated that most country 

 gentlemen keeping harriers, usually did, and the 



