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possibility of so much cruelty on the part 

 of my boys, if I thought they had ever any 

 chance of fox-hunting, I would send them 

 out on foot with the harriers ; that when 

 they got blown in running, they might at 

 a future period have compassion for their 

 horses in a similar situation. 



Horses, according to the present system 

 of riding, unless it should be a very long 

 day, have little to do, not sufficient to keep 

 them in wind ; la mode is, to have two or 

 three out each day. Light weights can 

 have no excuse for this practice, unless 

 they have some bad ones which they wish 

 to sell. A horse that is in good condition, 

 and cannot go for an hour the best pace 

 with twelve stone upon his back, is not 

 worth the corn he eats, — and in a long 

 hunting chase he likewise ought not to 

 tire. What merit is there in being with the 

 hounds, if you have a fresh one to mount 

 every fifteen minutes ? In my opinion, a 



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