OBSERVATIONS ON FOX-HUNTING 133 



Expenses for four times a week. 



£. 



Fourteen horses, «fce 700 



Hounds' food, for fifty couples, .... 275 



Firing, 50 



Taxes, 120 



Two whippers-in and feeder, 210 



Earth-stopping, 80 



Sadlery, 100 



Farriery, shoeing, medicine, &c 100 



Young hounds purchased, and expenses at 



walks, 100 



Casualties, 200 



£1935 



If you do not attend to the kennel department 

 yourself, but keep a huntsman, the expense will 

 be at least £300 more. I have no hesitation in 

 saying either four times or twice a week are pre- 

 ferable to three times ; either of the two former 

 will keep your horses and hounds in regular work. 

 I have only made my calculation on the number 

 I think necessary ; too many horses would be 

 an useless expense, and they would be continually 

 laming themselves, from their being too fresh 

 and above their work. Too many hounds, also, 



