Ill AGRICULTURAL HORSES 49 
ing weight-carrying hunters in this way, though I 
have little doubt that horses thus bred would sell 
well as such, and, in appearance, be counted a fine 
stamp of that much-coveted and high-priced article ; 
for it may be regarded as certain that when a second 
fox was found, and the blood horses were going free 
and fast over grass and through dirt, the son of the 
Suffolk dam would, in comparison, be a spiritless 
sloven that required spurring along, and a tiring, 
aggravating, and dangerous mount for the rest of 
the day. Still, there is a man in the hunting field 
for nearly every kind of horse, and such a horse may 
be the pride of the macadamising 18-stone follower 
at a safe distance, or suit those whose name is legion, 
who are treated so unmercifully in the song— . 
For coffee-house gossip some sportsmen come out, 
Of all things they’re prating, but what they’re about ; 
From scandal and cards, they to politics roam, 
They ride forty miles, head the fox, and go home. 
