Cross country with horse and hound . High-class grade thoroughbred Blue Rock—hunter Heavy-weight hunter — ideal Irish type. The Hunter: His Conformation 23 at when she s a-standin, but she s a sho-nufF cake-walkmare when she am a-goin ! Dear old mare ! Every onelaughs at her, but we love her just the same. Pardon my digression ! The above had to come outsomewhere in this book, and it may just as well be first aslast. Besides, it illustrates my point: Handsome is thathandsome does. I do not mean to say, of course, thatonly homely and unshapely horses make the best of the
Cross country with horse and hound . High-class grade thoroughbred Blue Rock—hunter Heavy-weight hunter — ideal Irish type. The Hunter: His Conformation 23 at when she s a-standin, but she s a sho-nufF cake-walkmare when she am a-goin ! Dear old mare ! Every onelaughs at her, but we love her just the same. Pardon my digression ! The above had to come outsomewhere in this book, and it may just as well be first aslast. Besides, it illustrates my point: Handsome is thathandsome does. I do not mean to say, of course, thatonly homely and unshapely horses make the best of the horses I have just mentioned was an idealexcept in manners and way of going, which in a hunter orsaddle-horse more than in any other are nearly the sumtotal of excellence. I mean to say, never discard a horsethat displeases you only by his looks. Nevertheless thereare some points in the conformation of a hunter that canhardly be ignored. Some general rules, mostly with nu-merous exceptions, it will be well to keep in mind whenpassing judgment on a horse for cross-country work. A larg
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