PURCHASINa HORSES. 105 



than Lord Sefton, when a hunting man. And 

 though, to use the words of a sporting character, 

 "they go in all forms," he well knew this was the 

 exception, not the rule ; and, in a general way, sort 

 is indispensable with the hunter. 



Now the Prince, though using the kind of harness- 

 horse I describe, would not make any sacrifice for 

 show in his hacks : here he would have sort — in fact, 

 a horse owning any fault in his shape that showed a 

 want of power, activity, safety, and pleasantry of 

 action, would not have been looked at. The Prince's 

 judgment was too well known for such a horse to be 

 submitted to his inspection : a man riding twenty- 

 two stone, who would have a hack carry him with 

 (comparatively speaking) as much activity, safety, 

 and pleasantry, as if he had ten stone on him, must 

 have no commonly made animal, " let alone" (as Pat 

 says) a faulty one. 



I just remember, as quite a boy, seeing the Prince 

 on his celebrated hack Tiger. He was coming down 

 Constitution Hill, at something bordering on fourteen 

 miles an hour, with quite a loose rein, and chatting 



