Chapter III. — The Poor Man s 

 Hunter 



A RICH man can have different horses for 

 special purposes — hunters, hacks, and 

 carriage horses. But the man who 

 only keeps one or two must make his 

 horses serve several purposes, and I have owned 

 animals that were excellent in any position. For 

 example, I bought a mare and she ran in single 

 harness or a pair, as leader or wheeler in a 

 tandem, and she was a deHghtful hack and a 

 capital hunter. I had her for many years, and 

 her original cost was thirty pounds. She was by 

 a thoroughbred horse out of a half Exmoor mare. 

 She was a well-shaped mare, but she was cheap 

 because she was small, barely 15 hands, and thus 

 not large enough for a big carriage nor for a 

 high-class hunter. 



It is the man who looks for economy in stable 

 management who will also wish for horses at a 

 moderate price. To buy a useful horse at a 

 moderate price is not easy, but it is not impossible 

 if you go the right way about it. In the first place 

 one must not go into the markets when there is 

 most demand. We must also bear in mind that if 

 we buy a cheap article it may be useful to us but 

 it may not be saleable. The chances are that if 

 you buy the class of horse I have in my mind, he 

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