puechasi:n'g horses, 141 



all equally suiting a country ; but Mr. did not 



keep a large stud ; be has but six, and two of those 

 you see he calls hacks." 



** Of course,'* said the young friend, jealous of his 

 dignity as an embryo sportsman, "I did not allude 

 to the hacks when I expressed a wish for one, or two, 

 or more of Mr. 's horses." 



" I perceive you do not quite understand the 



thing," says Mentor; "Mr. has six horses, four 



of which he calls hunters, the other tv,o hacks. As 

 he always hunts in the same country, he takes care 

 that his horses suit that country ; and further, that 

 they are as fine, good, and perfect hunters as giving 

 long prices, and afterwards riding them as few men 

 could do, can make them. The two he calls hacks 

 are perhaps, excepting his other four, as per- 

 fect hunters as a man could reasonably wish ; 

 and, hacks as he pleases to term them, you 

 will find they will go close to two hundred a-piece. 

 There are few things so good but a better in some 

 particulars is to be^ found — his Lacks are only ex- 

 celled by his hunters." 



