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CHAP. 11. 



Qualifications of a Hunter. — Amount of Work that may be ex- 

 pected of Him, — Discipline of old and young Hunters. 



Haying now given some of my general ideas of 

 the hunting- field J I shall attempt to offer what I 

 trust may be useful advice to some persons^ on 

 more particular points as regards the hunting- 

 rider than the many more valuable treatises on 

 the chase afford; and^ in doing so, I shall adopt 

 the plan of conversation with a friend, as in my 

 work on " Practical Horsemanship." 



Perceiving a gentleman coming across Windsor 

 Great Park at a nice workmanlike hand-gallop, 

 I looked carefully at him as he came towards me. 

 His seat was firm, neat, and gentlemanlike, and 

 his horse one that, seen going, would disgrace no 

 hunting-field, and would be held a fine horse in 

 Hyde Park. Coming to one of the small ditches, 

 of which there are many in Windsor Park, the 

 horse rushed at it, made a kind of stop before he 

 jumped, and then took it at a kind of buck leap, 

 which threw the rider a little out of place. 



