Most of the fences are high posts-and-rails or "snake" fences, although there is an occasional stone wall, haha, or water-jump.

The steepness of the ravines and the density of the timber make it necessary for a horse to be sure-footed and able to scramble anywhere, and the fences are so high that none but very good jumpers can possibly follow the pack.

Most of the horses used are bred by the farmers in the neighborhood, or are from Canada, and they usually have thoroughbred or trotting-stock blood in them.
One of the pleasantest days I ever passed in the saddle was after Mr.
Wadsworth's hounds.

I was staying with him at the time, in company with my friend Senator Cabot Lodge, of Boston.

The meet was about twelve miles distant from the house.