THE MASTER'S EXPENSES 107 



Bran, Linseed and Beans. — These small items come 

 collectively to about £2^^ or ^^30 a year. 



Saddlery and Horse Clothing. — It must be remembered 

 that everything has to be bought new when starting an 

 establishment. All that is then required is subsequent 

 replenishing and adding. Every horse must, however, 

 be started with a perfectly new suit, a night rug to save 

 wear and tear in winter, and summer sheets for the 

 warmer weather. Roughly speaking, new horse cloth- 

 ing costs about £2 a suit. The night rugs cost about 

 255., the summer suits, with their rollers and hoods, 

 come to about another £2 2s. Each horse must have 

 a hood, which will save many a chill in the cold, in- 

 clement weather in which at times it has to be exer- 

 cised. 



It will thus be seen that the clothing of each animal 

 amounts to, roughly, £6 ys. 



Capital kennel saddles can be got for £2 apiece, 

 while double bridles cost, new, about 30s., and the 

 various odds and ends connected with the stable will 

 come to quite 30s. more per horse. These articles last 

 a long time. It is simply astonishing how long a good 

 saddle will last ; and the bridles can always be re- 

 mounted when they begin to show signs of wear 

 and tear. 



Whips, Spurs, Horns, &c. — These articles appear 

 separately in my book of expenses, so they may like- 

 wise be kept to themselves in this place. It is astonish- 

 ing how such apparently insignificant items mount up 

 in the grand total, but it must be borne in mind that 

 the huntsman has to have at any rate two horns, 



