Heknowsthattheconditionofahunterandagreyhoundshouldnotbethesame，andthathishorse，tobeingoodworkinghealth，shouldcarrynearlyallthehardfleshthathecanputuponhim。Howsuchanonemustlaughinhissleeveatthefivehuntersoftheyoungswellwho，afterall，isbroughttogriefinthemiddleoftheseason，becausehehasgotnothingtoride！A
farmer\'shorseisneverlame，neverunfittogo，neverthrowsoutcurbs，neverbreaksdownbeforeorbehind。Likehismaster，heisnevershowy。Hedoesnotpaw，andprance，andarchhisneck，andbidtheworldadmirehisbeauties;but，likehismaster，heisuseful;andwhenheiswanted，hecanalwaysdohiswork。
Ofortunatusnimiumagricola，whohasonehorse，andthatagoodone，inthemiddleofahuntingcountry！
THEMANWHOHUNTSANDNEVERJUMPS。
TheBritishpublicwhodonothuntbelievetoomuchinthejumpingofthosewhodo。Itisthoughtbymanyamongthelaitythatthehuntingmanisalwaysintheair，makingclearflightsoverfive—barredgates，six—footwalls，anddoublepostsandrails，atnoneofwhichwouldtheaveragehuntingmananymorethinkofridingthanhewouldatasmallhouse。WeusedtohearmuchoftheGalwayBlazers，anditwassupposedthatinCountyGalwayastiff—builtwallsixfeethighwasthesortofthingthatyoucustomarilymetfromfieldtofieldwhenhuntinginthatcomfortablecounty。SuchlittleimpedimentsweretheordinaryfoodofarealBlazer，whowassupposedtoaddanotherfootofstoneworkandasodofturfwhendesirousofmakinghimselfconspicuousinhismomentsofsplendidambition。TwentyyearsagoIrodeinGalwaynowandthen，andIfoundthesix—footwallsallshornoftheirglory，andthatmenwhoseneckswereofanyvaluewereveryanxioustohavesomepreliminaryknowledgeofthenatureofthefabric，whetherforinstanceitmightbesolidorbuiltofloosestones，beforetheytrustedthemselvestoanencounterwithawalloffourfeetandahalf。Andhere，inEngland，history，thatnursingmotheroffiction，hasgivenhuntingmenhonourswhichtheyhereneverfairlyearned。Thetraditionalfive—barredgateis，asarule，usedbyhuntingmenasitwasintendedtobeusedbytheworldatlarge;thatistosay，theyopenit;andthedoublepostsandrailswhichlooksoveryprettyinthesportingpictures，arethoughttobeveryuglythingswheneveranideaofridingatthempresentsitself。Itiswellthatmothersshouldknow，mothersfulloffearfortheirboyswhoarebeginning，thatthenecessaryjumpingofthehuntingfieldisnotafterallofsoverytremendousanature;