The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-12
AN ENGLISH STABLE.
VARIOUS TYPES OF HORSES DE-
ScRlBGO BY AN OWNER.
The Groom's yavorite-The slashing, Wei
Bred but Unsafe fIorse-Iiandsomc but
Hardly Sound = Seventeen Years Old.
The Wife's Steod-Thc Hack.

Hardly Sound - Seventeen Years Old
The Wife's Steod--Thc Hack.
We'll. here Is n horse with a plain head
rather short neck, moderate shoulders, {
good barrel. fair quarters and most excel
lent feet and legs. Feel them and you vii
find them cool and even in temperature anc
the sinews hard and fine. He is n little want
ing i'm quality. he is not fast-in fact, in {
quick run, il is all you can do 10 keep in th'
immediate rear OF the first flight with him
He is not exactly bad hunter, but he give:
his rider the impression that he dislike:
jumping, and be is a little slovenly at In
fences. What, then, are his yirtuesl He i
the croom's fayoritel He is never off hi
feed, and he thoroughly masticates his corn
He is remarkably sound horse. he never
throws a shoe He always comes out in his
turn Never has he been known 20 tear hi,
clothing, 70 kick when being dressed, 10 eat
his straw, or 10 commit any other stable
ofrense. lie is easy to box at railway sta
ton: n child might ride him without q
saddle at exercise; when being clipped or
singed you might take him for statue, SC
still does he stand: and he seems positively
TO enjoy physic Accordingly, whenever his
master talks Of selling him, the stud groom
protests that il would be a thousand pities,
that take i'm all and ALL he's the best 'oss
we've got.'
We next come 20 a great, slashing we'll bred
horse, with plenty OF power Take carel
Don't 60 up % him. Hesometimcs 'lets out p
This is the best hunter in the stable, and he
10 as sound as a bell. lie is very fast and a
grand fencer: bitches on the near side, bitches
on the far side banks, timber, water all are
the same 70 him. He viii fight for his head
n good deal when hounds first 60 away; he
pills and be does not like to be baked at his
fences. He does not exactly rush at them,
bat he is very hot and impetuous. THIS being
tn case he is far from a pleasant horse in a
c-amped country on bad seeming day
About twice or thrice in a season he strikes
out at other horses and when be do kick
lie do kick like blazes," as tho cabman says
in Leech's caricaturei 50 it IS not safe otake
him into a crowd lie is a difficult horse to
box. too; so IL is announcement 70 take him by
train Between one thing and another, there
is only about one meet in ten days at which
his present master can ride him with comfort
NOT A SOUND ANIMAL.
"Strip that 'oss, says that official 10 q
helper as we move on 10 the mex, box. This
is tho best looking horse in the stable In
fact. he is a remarkably handsome specimen
Of a hunter; hence the groom's anxiety TO
show him off II would he bard 10 find a
fault with him. He cost something fabulous.
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afraid of riding him. This fear IS increased
by sundry alarming symptoms that have
manifested themselves from time % time
After one days hunting his near fore leg
filed in a suspicious manner; after another
he was lame without any apparent cause.
and in a certain run bis owner hall suspected
that his wind was not 50 good as it might be-
He has had several bad colds, and occasion
ally he has corns. lie comes ont pretty
often, at near meets; but his master never
seems to ride hard on him, and he is always
sent home early.
In the next box is a confidential looking
quadruped Tie holes above his ewes, his
long teeth. his sunken back and the manner
in which he stands over betollen age lie Is
r. wears old nevertheless, he goes on, come
times lame. sometimes sound. lie is 50 clever
and such an old fayorite that his master can
not make up his mind TO supplaut him with IA
Younger and more seryiceablo horse. Excel
lent feucer as he is, he viii not, and never
would. face water His master has 20 he
careful. too. neither TO let him jump down
drop into q hard road nor b send him 20
distant meet. nor 10 make a long dag with
him. Like most very old horses, he has lost
his speed. and lo ba; become dangerously
clever nj his fences, saving himself by creep
ing. jumping on and Off, or scrambing in
and ont. where one would expect him to Ay
He will probably end his career by giving
his devoted owner q very bad fall.
my wIFEs HORSE
This oursriend shows 20 Us as my wifes
horse Heis a model of what a iady'5 horse
ought TO be IN mako and shape, breeding,
temper and manners. Lucky the woman
who possesses such a hunterl Between en-
tertainng guests, visits, colds and additions
TO the family, my lady gives her horse q
rather easy time Of IT, Moreover, On the
strength O. hor husbands having got on Aer
favor.te for an hour on two occasions, the
had not been bunting at all that season. be-
cause she gave up her horse to her husband,
whereas she had in reality been prevented
from hunting by very different reasons. II
IS scarcely 10 toe wondered at that tine mus
band refrained from riding the cherished
quadruped for the future, and when his wife
suddenly took 10 into her head 20 90 out
hunting az short notice, the creature was so
playful that madame was almost, il not
quite unseated. Confidential friends then
expostglated With her Nv band for putting
a lady on brute like that affirming that
'hc was not at all the sort Of horse for wo-
man 20 ride, etc, etc.
Last Of all we come 70 the hack and q very
nice little horse he is. Although only about
fifteen hands and one inch in height, he
has great strength, bono enough 10 carry a
man heavier than bis master, fine soping
shoulders and very muscular l0ius. quarters
and thighs lie is as clever a "a cat, and, il
the fences look very big from bis back, he
gets over them better than do many horses a
hand higher. His master is seldom in a
hurry % exchange him for his hunter; he
often hunts him on sy-day, and in tho
course of the season he sees good many
runs on him. This little horse is expected to
give a days hunting 70 a friend Of his mas
ter's, whether male or female. whenever re-
CURED IN addition % lis hacking work and,
because he is only hack aud not hunter
nothing is thought Of hunting him two or
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