. The horse : its varieties and management in health and disease. mperedthey are very pleasant to ride, but from often being trickyand shifty, require care in purchasing. The price of thehunter depends very much on his breed, appearance,manners, and ability. For the grass countries it wouldvary from jQi00 to ^300, and for the close plough coun-tries from ;£8o to ^200. The amount of work that may be fairly expected of ahunter is one day a week with staghounds and three daysa fortnight with foxhounds. From being particularly liableto accidents from blows, thorns, over-reaches, &c, it willgeneral
. The horse : its varieties and management in health and disease. mperedthey are very pleasant to ride, but from often being trickyand shifty, require care in purchasing. The price of thehunter depends very much on his breed, appearance,manners, and ability. For the grass countries it wouldvary from jQi00 to ^300, and for the close plough coun-tries from ;£8o to ^200. The amount of work that may be fairly expected of ahunter is one day a week with staghounds and three daysa fortnight with foxhounds. From being particularly liableto accidents from blows, thorns, over-reaches, &c, it willgenerally be found that out of a stud of four, one will behors de combat. The best and hardiest colours are bay,brown, dark chestnut, and black. Light chestnuts are veryoften hot and irritable, and also bad feeders when put towork. Horses with short back ribs, too, are almost inva-riably bad feeders. Hunters go in all forms, but a loose, weak neck andtwisted fore-legs are always to be avoided. The former isthe most dangerous fault a hunter can have : it is impos-. o»o J ^rt . 8 u ~ ~- d > 1 -» ~-£>i « Prize a Churc ockwoo oj Cre - u1^^ U Jl »i - o > .& s,^ •J S» a M 05 £ < How to Purchase a Hone. 49 sible to steady him at his fences, or in any way interferewith his mouth, without his at once throwing up his head \consequently he cannot see where he is going, and seriousfalls are the result. With twisted fore-legs, the horse isliable to hit and cut himself under the knee and on thefetlock joint, resulting in lameness and swelling, even ifhe do not fall. The Carriage Horse. These horses are bred principally in Yorkshire and theNorth of England ; are bought there by the principaldealers and jobmasters at three and four years old, andare broken, driven, and matched by them for some timebefore they are fit for the carriages of the nobility andgentry. Carriage horses are always either bay or brown ;those without white are preferred. They must be fully16 hands hi
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