Vlll PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. 



thing himself, it would with many horses make 

 half the difference in the price to be obtained. 



My last production, published by Messrs. 

 Longman, *« The Hunting Field," though not 

 intended for the perusal of the generally penu- 

 rious man, is still intended to, and 1 hope does, 

 tell the uninitiated, who mean to indulge in an 

 amusement that cannot be enjoyed without ex- 

 pense, how they may avoid useless expenditure, 

 inasmuch as it attempts to show them the proper 

 kind of horse to purchase, the amount of work a 

 given number are equal to, and how to ride them 

 in the field with the least labour and exertion, both 

 to themselves and their stud ; by doing this, all 

 horsemen know that a moderate horse will, in some 

 men's hands, do wonders and gain a character, 

 where a first-rate one, with an injudicious rider 

 on him, will never be able to keep his proper place 

 with hounds ; and what cost perhaps a couple 

 of hundreds will shortly be estimated as worth 

 sixty for a mere park hack. Thus I trust each 

 of these books will be found, in its particular bear- 

 ing, not merely to conduce to the interest of the 

 reader as regards his comfort, safety, and enjoy- 

 ment, but his pecuniary resources also. 



H. H. 



