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leaped colts over fences iu cool blood witliin a 

 week or fortniglit after having first mounted 

 them, and never met with a refusal. I do not 

 mean to say that it is good practice to do so so 

 early, but merely mention the fact. TVhen you 

 first begin to follow hoimds with your colt, do 

 not stay with them more than an hour, and if 

 they are running fast leave them before that 

 time has expired, for your object at present is 

 not to gallop after hounds, but to accustom 

 yom' animal to the bustle and excitement con- 

 nected with huntincf. With a three -vear-old 

 no galloping should be done, but if the hoimds 

 after the first draw go away, and you think it 

 probable the fox will retm^n to that covert, or 

 to one near it, you may * potter' about a httle 

 in the hopes of falling in with them again, but 

 you must be sure to take yoiu' colt home before 

 he is tired, for the excitement will carry him 

 throus^h for a time, but on reaching home he 

 may be quite done up, refuse his food, and be 

 anything but a 1 for two or three days. All a 

 three-year-old should do, is to go to the meet 



