The sportsman's book for India . and when proved as suchthey are valued very highly in the colony, andcan only be got by accident by a friendly a standing order for several years, I haveonly managed to get two—and good ones theyhave proved themselves. As a rule they arerather small—about 15 hands, with no particularlooks. They are certain to be at least eight ornine years old, hardly ever technically sound, andgenerally scarred and blemished, but they makethe very best of pig-stickers on account of theirbrave disposition, their extreme handiness andtheir practical soundness. Not o
The sportsman's book for India . and when proved as suchthey are valued very highly in the colony, andcan only be got by accident by a friendly a standing order for several years, I haveonly managed to get two—and good ones theyhave proved themselves. As a rule they arerather small—about 15 hands, with no particularlooks. They are certain to be at least eight ornine years old, hardly ever technically sound, andgenerally scarred and blemished, but they makethe very best of pig-stickers on account of theirbrave disposition, their extreme handiness andtheir practical soundness. Not only are theyvery difficult to buy, but in the open market inIndia they do not fetch a good price, as no onewho does not thoroughly know his shipper wouldpay say for the ordinary looking knocked-about veteran, who makes a poor show besidethe handsome and spirited youngster that can begot for the same price. Hence no dealer willbring a stock horse over except to a definiteorder, and even then he often fails to get C o PIG-STICKING 321 Finally, to the rich man there is the openmarket of the big commission stables, where canbe bought almost anything, and at any pricefrom to ,000; but this I do notconsider to be the market for pig-stickers, for ifa man can afford these prices for the raw one,he would do much better to pay his money andbuy the proved one. Before buying the unseasoned Australian, itwould be well to consider of how much use he islikely to be to you, and what he will really havecost you, before he can really be called a usefulhunter. Let us begin with the perfectly made horse ingood condition, landed in October. What withthe delays of buying and railing to your head-quarters, you will not have him in your stableuntil the beginning of November, which givesyou four months in which to get him fit for hardwork, since hunting begins in the early days ofMarch. This is not a day too much either. Thehorse has just gone through a six weeks journey,du
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