162 THE POCKET AND THE STUD. 



It will be remembered I am now taking a pair 

 of horses that are quite as expensive to keep as 

 any used for private purposes, for I allow each 

 six quarterns of corn per day. No two hunters 

 living eat as much, take the year throughout : for 

 though the name of a hunter to some persons con- 

 veys an idea of great expense — and though hunt- 

 ing is expensive, it is not the keep of the horse 

 that makes it so — a good well-worked 40Z. cover 

 hack costs quite as much, and more than you can 



get some hunters to cost you. 



^ £ s. d. 



Two horses, six quarterns a day each, at 1 Z. 4^. 



per quarter, say - - - 41 

 „ 14 lbs. of hay per day each, at 



41. 10.9. per ton, say - - 20 10 



„ Supposing straw to be scarce, 1 cwt. 

 of straw per week, 1/. 105. per 

 ton, say - - - - -3180 

 „ Shoeing both, lO*. per month, 28 



days* 6 10 



„ Wear and tear of chamois, sponges, 



brushes, &c. 6^. per week - 16 



„ Wear and tear of clothing and 



head collars, 6c?. each - - 2 12 



£"75 10 



* Shoeing and occasionally altering will come to some- 

 thing more in London, where they charge 55. a set : but as 

 in the country they charge but 45. — indeed, in some places 

 less, — I think the 61. 10s. a fair average. I take the same 

 thing into consideration as regards keep, not supposing a 

 horse all the year in London. 



