100 OBSERVATIONS ON FOX-imNTING 



servants who conduct themselves in every respect 

 properly are retained in a hunting cstabhshment. 

 The expense, however, is considerably augmented ; 

 but in what way can a man spend his money with 

 more satisfaction to himself and friends ? 



If fox-hunting should be annihilated, oiu" superior 

 breed of horses would degenerate ; the farmers 

 would give up breeding, if the chance of selling 

 a horse for a hunter, at a profitable price, was 

 hopeless : the consequence would be, the country 

 in general would suffer ; it would be impossible 

 to procure horses for His Majesty's cavalry, and 

 the present very expeditious mode of travelling 

 must naturally be retarded, for want of the 

 superior animals we now have, (unless we go 

 by steam). Can it be expected farmers will be 

 at the expense, trouble, and risk of breeding, 

 if they have not a chance of selling their horses 

 occasionally for hunters ; the inferior price given 

 by government for horses to mount the cavalry, 

 and the low price coach-masters purchase their's 

 at, would be very little encouragement to a 

 breeder to select well-bred mares, and put them 

 to strong thorough-bred bony horses, and pay 

 that attention so necessary to put forward a 

 clever four years old, if they have not the chance 

 of being remunerated. The breed of men also 

 would degenerate, and the characteristic of the 



