THE SADDLE BREEDS OF HORSES 151 
in America under the auspices of the Jockey Club, that 
admits to register almost any animal with one or more 
crosses of Thoroughbred blood, that has been regularly 
“hunted ” a certain number of times, with some recog- 
nized pack of hounds, and approved by the master. 
Hunter-breeding in America is conducted to a limited 
extent in the neighborhood of most of the organized hunt 
clubs, of which there are some fifty in the eastern states. 
In such sections one will find one to half a dozen Thorough- 
bred stallions in general use among the farmers of that 
special community. In the Genesee valley in Livingston 
county, New York, for example, there are no less than 
eight Thoroughbred stallions within a radius of fifteen 
miles, being used on the farm mares of the neighborhood 
for the special purpose of breeding Hunters. Virginia 
probably produces more animals that are especially bred 
for hunting than any other state. Of late years, however, 
the Jockey Club has put out many Thoroughbred stallions 
throughout the state of New York. Hitherto, Canada 
has been one of the principal sources from which American 
hunting men have been supplied. The Canadian Hunters 
come largely from between Toronto and London, Ontario, 
where Thoroughbred stallions have been very generally 
used. 
181. Description. —The Hunter should not be high- 
headed, and the longer the rein the better. The fore-hand 
should be light. The withers should be higher than the 
croup, and the bones of the fore-limb comparatively long, 
so as to be able efficiently to raise the fore-hand both in 
taking and landing. The shoulders and pasterns should 
be long and sloping. The muscles that lie above the fore- 
arm should be well developed, as the fore-arm straightens 
the shoulder joint and the latter straightens the elbow 
