This gentleman, whose real name is Apperley, has acquired considerable celebrity in the sporting world by his writings in favor of home summering. He was the first to introduce the system which bears his assumed name. His remarks were originally published in the Sporting Magazine, between 1822 and 1828. They formed a series of letters, which have recently been collected into a single volume; from this I extract the following account of the mode in which he kept six hunters during the summer of 1825. The quotation is considerably abridged.

Food

The horses had received alteratives during the hunting season, and required no physic when it terminated, which was on the 20th of April. They got their usual food, with very gentle exercise, till the 7th of May - seventeen days. From this time till the 19th - that is, for twelve days - they received some grass during the day, and hay at night. They were soiled a second time for ten days, from the 11th to the 20th of June. They were then prepared for physic, which was given on the 22d. Four of the six horses got no more grass. The other two got about an armful of vetches daily, mixed with their hay, till the sixth of July. Each horse had three quarterns* of oats per day, and three had a single handful of beans in every feed.

Care Of The Feet

The shoes were taken from all the horses on the 7th of May; the hoofs were closely pared, the soles thinned, and frogs let down to the ground. The horses stood barefoot till the 6th of July, a period of sixty days Each stood two hours every day in a clay-box, a building ten feet by twelve, the floor of which was covered with clay, occasionally moistened by dashing water upon it.

Lodging

Nos. 1 and 2 were in a building sixteen yards by six. It was well littered, and had an outlet to a small green yard, in which there was a running stream. No. 3 was in a covered building, twelve yards long and six broad. One half of the floor was littered, the other half paved with brick. No. 4 was in a loose box, six yards square, kept quite dark to exclude flies, of which the horse was uncommonly terrified He was turned into a paddock forty yards square, about six times in the course of summer, after sun set, but the fence would not confine him. No. 5 was fired, and stood in a stall all day; in the cool of evening and early at morning he went to the paddock. No. 6 was kept in an airy box, but being vicious, was not so often in the paddock as she should have been.

* A Quartern is the fourth of a peck.

Medicine

The first dose of physic was given on the 22d of June: on the 18th of July each horse got a second dose, which was mild. In the month of August, each horse received one half pound of antimony, an ounce at a time for eight successive days. More physic, it was expected, would not be required till after Christmas, but some of the horses had got an alterative ball every week.

Comparative Cost

To avoid fractions, the period may bo called nine weeks. During the hunting season the horses consumed three hundred-weight of hay per week; but in these loose places some is wasted, and more is eaten, the horses having less grain. The quantity consumed by the six horses may be calculated at five hundred-weight per week.

About three pounds of the stable outlay would return for manure; and if any one of the horses were sold at the commencement of next hunting season, his condition would be such that he would bring at least twenty-five pounds more than if he had been summered at grass.*

According to this account, it appears that each horse costs about five shillings more per week in the stable than at grass. I am, however, inclined to think that the difference will be be fouud considerably greater when other items are taken into consideration. The cost of grass for soiling, of straw for litter, of attendance, of stable-room, and a few other little articles, is omitted. To the proprietor of an established stud the expenditure for these is insignificant; but every charge on both sides should be known before it can be told whether the horses may be stabled or grazed.