72 THE LIFE OF A HUNTER 



mated with Lord Zetland's Morocco, to 

 whom I bred a fine weight-carrying hunter 

 named Manacles, who distinguished himself 

 during a good many seasons with Lord 

 Zetland's hounds in carrying a cousin of my 

 master's, whose riding weight was nearly 

 sixteen stone and who is a hard rider. 

 Manacles won one year, with this weight, 

 the Zetland Point to Point, and, with his 

 owner's brother up, the Cleveland Point to 

 Point in 1 894. Although I have been mated 

 with better - bred and much better - lookino- 

 sires, I do not think I have bred another 

 quite as good in the field. It is curious how 

 uneven as a rule are the foals of hunter 

 mares. Manacles was about i 7 hands, and a 

 great, striding, fast, staying horse ; but the 

 next foal I dropped was never more than a 



