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in the shape of dinner parties to rub off, and 

 dinner parties, pleasant as they are, have a fearful 

 effect upon condition. There is only one help for 

 the hunting man under these circumstances — he 

 must walk. The gentlemen to whom I referred 

 early on were on cycling intent, and there is no 

 doubt that cycling is an excellent way of keeping 

 in condition. But there is nothing in my mind 

 which is so good for a man when frost puts a stop 

 to his hunting as good long walks. A five or six 

 miles' walk in the morning and another before 

 dinner will do much to keep him in condition, and 

 if he follows the example of a well-known veteran 

 jockey, and walks both ways when he visits his 

 friends, even a dinner party won't do him much 

 harm. 



