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tell you it will be necessary to keep your 

 stable effective also ; for if your men are 

 not well mounted, they cannot be of much 

 service in the field, and you are well aware, 

 if you have not good hunters for your own 

 riding, you never can be with your hounds 

 at a time when you may be most wanted. 

 One thing is certain, a man cannot ride 

 over a country if he is not well mounted, 

 neither can he show sport if he has not a 

 good pack of hounds. Horses and hounds, 

 if good in nature, are animals that will do 

 wonders, if common sense will but assist 

 them. If you have not the opportunity of 

 purchasing horses that the late Mr. Corbet 

 had, I should advise you to procure them 

 from the dealers in London, where you will 

 have a better chance than in the country : 

 the great breeders generally sell their 

 young horses in one lot to the London 

 dealers, they are brought to town untried, 

 and they know no more of them than the 



