94 HIIS^TS TO HOESEilEN ; OE, 



" wondered at." I am convinced it saves money in 

 the long run, and is the way to make it for those 

 who wish to make it. Nature cannot and will not 

 bear continued and often-repeated distress, without 

 showing it in some way, that deteriorates from a 

 horse's value, while, on the other hand, a manifesta- 

 tion of superiority always attracts attention and ad- 

 miration. There is another thing, the having weight 

 to spare , saves, as well as money, that which many 

 will think of some consequence — it often saves a man's 

 neck. Sportsmen who are hunting men only, seldom 

 think much about weight : I have met with some 

 who had not weighed for years, so concluded they 

 were "about" so much, when they were perhaps a 

 good stone more : anything in the racing way sets 

 this to rights, for the about is not ever mentioned in 

 such cases. 



In former days, when the slow pace of hounds per- 

 mitted a horse to go within himself, a stone in weight 

 mattered little, but, now-a-days, when horses are 

 obliged to extend themselves, it tells awfull}'. A fair 

 sized and shaped race-horse would shew little differ- 



