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'THEY FIGHT LIKE BULLDOGS ' I2J 



DRIVEN WITH LONG REINS 127 



SLOUCHES SULKILY ALONG . , 148 



'GET OFF AS BEST THEY CAN 5 165 



RIDING THEM OUT 183 



TRAINED LIGHT AND RUNNING BIG ...... 207 



'MANY A FOAL WORE ALL THE APPEARANCE OF A YEARLING 5 . 215 



FANTASTIC TRICKS . . 223 



PATERNAL INSTRUCTION 227 



ENERGETIC AND QUIET STYLES 233 



How THE DERBY is GENERALLY WON 235 



WITHOUT WHIP OR SPUR 240 



FIRST AT THE POST 241 



CAREFULLY LOOK IT OVER IN THE PADDOCK . . . 260 



' SOMETIMES THE HORSE CARRIES THE HURDLE AWAY WITH 



HIM ' 270 



A CHASER 288 



A STEEPLE-CHASER . . . 295 



'DWELLING' AND 'GETTING WELL AWAY' 2Q7 



A CLUMSY RIDER 303 



'STEADYING' AND 'DRIVING' ....... 309 



AN OPEN BROOK 311 



BADLY BEATEN 318 



A CAREFUL EYE OVER THE HORSE 321 



LET GO ONLY TO BE PULLED UP 323 



FIGHTING FOR HIS HEAD 325 



REFUSING 327 



JUMPING SIDEWAYS 329 



FINISHING 330 



' HE TOOK UP HIS WHIP AND STOPPED HIS HORSE' . . . . 331 



GLIDING OVER 335 



'BEAT HIMSELF JUMPING' 338 



CLEARING THE WAY . . 361 



SHARING HIS LEADER'S ACCIDENT 363 



