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gallop, which, had it taken place after a fox, 

 we should probably have alluded to as one of the 

 smartest of the season, jog leisurely homewards. 



Drag-hunting is hardly a lady's sport, as 

 may well be imagined. But amongst the 

 few I have seen go well with them may be 

 mentioned Lady Julia Follet, Lady Parker, 

 Mrs. Porteous, Mrs. Harrison, Miss Hoare, 

 and Mrs. C. G. Mackenzie. 



I have ridden " all sorts and conditions of" 

 horses with draghounds at different times, 

 but I am persuaded that the ideal mount 

 for them is an old steeplechaser, temperate 

 enough for one to hold with ease. Such an 

 one may, perhaps, be too slow to win steeple- 

 chases, but plenty fast enough to hold his 

 own with the drag. My experience of them 

 is that they hardly ever refuse their fences, 

 their courage is undeniable, and you rarely 

 have to send them out of a canter in order to 

 keep pace with the average " hairy." The great 

 drawback is, that after a horse has been any 

 time in a training stable he often gets into the 

 way of pulling hard and rushing his fences. 



