56. HARK FORRARD! 



beating,' said Danby. ' Maddox said tlie horse 

 was just about fit to run ; in fact, if he had not 

 sold him to you he intended to run him at 

 Fredericksburg the week after next. I think 

 you will both enjoy this meeting at Wash- 

 ington. All the horses that run must be 

 owned and ridden by recognised members of 

 some of the hunt clubs, and they are uncommonly 

 strict in enforcing the rules. It is marvellous 

 what strides hunting and hunt meetings have 

 made in America during the last ten years. It 

 is a positive fact that ten years ago there did 

 not exist a pack of hounds in the country under 

 proper management, and now you can find at 

 least thirty packs, and in the majority of cases 

 hounds, huntsmen, and whips have been im- 

 ported from England. They go, too, like 

 blazes, I can tell you. Nearly all the fences are 

 timber, and the highest timber- jumpers in the 

 world are to be found here. Six foot ten and 

 three-quarters has been jumped by a horse 

 bred in Canada: he has repeatedly jumped six 

 foot six inches, and at the Boston show last 



