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Of course, big men • have big horses, but I 

 never could see what small men gain by having tl 

 To come back to the start, get a horse that fits 



you. 



In picking up a cheap hunter, don't listen 

 to all 7/0U hear about him. He must have some 

 drawbacks or he would not be cheap, but there is 

 a great deal of nonsense talked about horses. 

 At the most, consult one friend whose judgment 

 you value and make up your own mind. 



orses go in all shapes, but I would like 

 rather to insist on shoulders and, if possible, 

 on quality^ The very common one are rarely 

 satisfactory, but I fear the heavy-weight with 

 a light pocket will find that weight carriers 

 with quality are very hard to come by. As 

 regards shoulders, I am inclined to think that 

 very few men are really good judges of them. 

 Yet I have seldom met a hunting man who was 

 not convinced that he could tell the working 

 merits of a shoulder at a glance. With my 

 own horses I have noticed that those shoulders 

 which many men picked out as being unexceptional 

 were by no means those which I found the most 

 perfect in action. :oulders can, of course, 

 be judged best when you are in the saddle. 



If you get a chance to ride a horse before 

 buying it, take him on to a pathway which is 

 a little above the roadway, walk him along it 

 with a loose rein, and let him step back into 

 the road. If he does it without any jar, 

 you may be sure he can use his shoulders. 

 Unless a policeman happens to take your name 

 for riding on the footpath, it is best to do 

 this several times before making quite sure. 

 I can't say I was ever troubled by the police, 

 but then most of my buying has been done in 

 Ireland. 



"Pullers" are best avoided, really hard 

 pullers, especially in these sad days of wire. 

 They must anywhere add to the difficulty of 



