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my horses in the best condition when I left 

 off hunting ; the turning them out to eat 

 sour grass not only puts them entirely out 

 of condition, but very often injures them 

 materially. I am all for dry food, given 

 in a straw-yard, where the animal can have 

 a barn or open stable to go to, and plenty 

 of good water. By this means how much 

 sooner your horse will be in condition, and 

 what an advantage it will give you before 

 Christmas ! Horses that have a summer's 

 run at grass, seldom are in condition before 

 January. I shall not here trespass upon 

 your patience, by enlarging upon a topic 

 which from time to time has been treated 

 upon in the Sporting Magazine, by one of 

 its ablest writers. 



Of course you will be aware that I am 

 alluding to those well known articles on 

 the condition of hunters, by " Nimrod;" 

 in favour of whose system and ideas I 

 have ever most perfectly coincided. Ano- 

 ther advantage will be gained by it, your 



