CHAPTER IX 

 The Horse 



THE pleasures of fox-hunting being largely de- 

 pendent on the horse you ride, I think it will 

 not be out of place here to discuss the animal 

 and its peculiarities. 



The country you intend to hunt in, your 

 weight, your method of riding, and your pocket, 

 have all to be considered in making a choice. 

 So much depends on the man himself, that no 

 hard and fast rule can be laid down. A horse 

 will go perfectly with one man, that would be 

 absolutely useless in the hands of another. I 

 should advise the beginner who has the ways of 

 life made easy by a well-filled purse, and who has 

 only a superficial knowledge of horse-flesh, to put 

 himself in the hands of some well-known dealer, 



