ON STEEPLE-CHASING 307 



It is wonderful what some hunters will 

 do when this simple precaution is observed. 

 A gallant little horse of my acquaintance, 

 after winning the light-weight race at one 

 of these hunt meetings over three and a 

 half miles of stiff country, actually came 

 out again, and carrying fourteen stone ran 

 a good third for the Welter too*. He was 

 fourteen-three, and quite home-trained, but 

 the name of that little horse's grandsire 

 was Blair Athol. 



* A horse now is very properly no longer allowed to 

 start for both races. 



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