THE MANAGEMENT OF HOUNDS 



can do other " slave *' harness-and-saddle work at 

 any time are Indicated, and will provide as much 

 sport as the expensive sort ; while, if accident 

 occur, the loss is small. Servants need be few in 

 number ; in fact, one man who lays the drag, 

 feeds the hounds, cares for the hunt-horses, etc., 

 is all sufficient, assisted, if an amateur does not 

 " whip-in " to the amateur master, by a light lad, 

 who can ride a little, and help about the stables 

 and kennels. One man will, however, do all the 

 work, — the three or four hunt-horses, the six to 

 ten couple of hounds, etc., — and, if an active 

 and lively fellow, as any servant should be, do it 

 well. 



Horses may be picked up at all sorts of prices, 

 but it is very easy to obtain in the auction marts 

 (of the east, at least) any quantity of good, safe, 

 useful " gee-gees," able and trained to jump well, 

 gallop fairly, work in harness, etc., perhaps not 

 all clear and clean in their legs, but bearing 

 "honorable" scars only, emblematic of disaster 

 in flood and field, and fully competent for the 

 work in hand. Such animals run all the way 

 from $50 to $150, although if a man is very 

 heavy he may have to pay rather more for some- 

 thing up to his weight. The light and the 



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