150 PEECEPT A-NB PEACTICE. 



*' But why," inquired the Pupil, ** not say the 

 whole ten ?" 



" Because I cannot give capability where no capa- 

 bility exists. Some horses have no springy powers 

 in them. I have met with two such in my hfe ; 

 they were fine young five-year- old horses, by their 

 looks promising to make hunters. I bought them, 

 thinking to make them such ; but found out in one 

 fortnight they had no more elastic or springy powers 

 in them than they would have had had their limbs 

 been made of lead. I sold them for harness, and, 

 being fine horses, got the money back I had given 

 for them — I think about a hundred and seventy the 

 two." 



" Probably," remarked Pupil, " this may be the 

 reason why we see so many horses going in harness 

 that we might think were by nature intended for 

 hunters." 



" In very many instances this may be the case, but 

 not so often as you might suppose. There is a cer- 

 tain kind of horse bred expressly with a view to sell- 



