CHAPTER V 



THE ROAD-HACK. 



HIS CONFORMATION — THE LADIES' HOESE — EOTTEN EOW 



THE COVERT HACK — THE HUNTER — FOE AX OPEN COUNTRY 

 — FOR A CRAMPED COUNTRY — MADE HUNTERS — PLEASURES 

 OF A PULLING HORSE — BREAKING IN A COLT TO HOUNDS — 

 ' CAN HE LEAP ? ' — NATURAL JUMPERS — ARTIFICUL FENCES — 

 LIFTING HORSES AT THEIR FENCES — AN INCIDENT — WATER 



JUMPS — HOW TO FALL WELL HIGH-COURAGED VERSUS 



SLUGGISH HORSES — WASHING HORSES' LEGS — MUD FEVER 

 — STOPPING horses' FEET — MICROSCOPIC EXPERIMENTS — 

 ENGLISH RACERS IN AUSTRALIA AND INDIA — PARING HORSES' 

 FEET — COLTS SHEDDING THEIR TEETH — COMPOSITION OF 

 BONE — TWO-YEAR-OLD RACING — PRIZE-FIGHTERS — EARLY 

 MATURITY AND EARLY DECAY — FAMOUS AMERICAN TROTTERS : 

 TOPGALLANT, LADY BLANCHE, DUTCHMAN, AJAX, FLORA TEMPLE, 



LADY THORN, GOLDSMITH MAID, DEXTER, AMERICAN GIRL 



RACING NOW-A-DAYS A MONEY-MAKING BUSINESS. 



