Irish Horses

Why is it that the whole world may be defied to beat a g-ood Irish horse f or the hunting field? Sir Richard Green Price has an answer to the questiou. It is that the Irish hunter is brought up to be handy. Irish g-ates are few and far between, and he has to Jump banks or walls for his daily living before he is even weaned. He is, moreover, handled reg-ularly .and when young he is seldom overbitted or overridden beíore he comes into the market. Finally, from the nature of the soil he has bone, size and constitution - qualities which rarely fail him when the higher feeding of an English stable puts a finish on his forin and manners. Sir Richard assures us that there is no fear that Ireland is goinsf to fail us in the matter of hunters. A recent tour of inspection has convinced him that she is breeding them every year in greater excellence and atmndance. ■