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THE MODERN SYSTEM 



plnit. ihe Arab piesentod himself, and brought 

 his booty ; and the Bey also, on his part, 

 punctually kept his word ; but since, besides 

 the loss, there was something in the transac- 

 tion that placed the Bey in rather a ludicrous 

 light, it went hard with him to let the rogue 

 depart so freely, and he seemed to be con- 

 sidering what he should do ; so that, to gain 

 time, he was continually asking over and over 

 asrain fresh and more circumstantial accounts 

 of the manner in which the stratagem had 

 been conducted ; the other was too crafty not 

 to perceive that no good might be preparing 

 for him, and began to feel anxious to get safe 

 out of the scrape. He shewed no impatience, 

 nowever, but entered minutely into every 

 detail, accompanying the whole with a great 

 deal of corresponding action ; at one time 

 sitting down by the fire, and making believe 

 as though he were slily drawing on the differ- 

 ent articles of dress, so as to throw the Bey 

 himself, and all who saw and heard him, into 

 fits of laughter. When he came at last to 

 what concerned the Horse, " It was," he said, 

 " brought to me, and I leaped upon his back ;" 

 and so in effect flinging himself again into the 

 saddle, and spurring the flanks sharply with 

 the stirrup-irons, he rode off with all the 

 money that he had received for the animal in 

 his pocket, and had got much too far, during 

 the first moments of surprise, for any of the 

 bullets to take effect that were fired at him in 

 his flight, and nothing further was ever heard 

 of him or the Horse. — Adventures of Giovanni 

 Finati. 



EMULATION OF THE RACER. 



The Horse enters into the spirit of the race 

 a* thoroughly as does his rider ; and, without 

 wnip or spur, will generally exert his energies 



to the utmost to beat his opponent it if 

 beautiful to see him advancing to the starting- 

 post, every motion evincing his eagerness. 

 The signal is given, and he springs away ; he 

 settles himself in his stride; the jockey be- 

 comes a part and portion of him, every motion 

 of the arms and body corresponding with, and 

 assisting the action of the Horse. On he goes, 

 eager, yet husbanding his powers. At length, 

 when he arrives at that distance from which 

 tfie rider knows that he will live home at the 

 top of his speed, the hint is given, and on he 

 rushes. Then the race in reality begins, and 

 every nerve is strained to head his competitor. 

 Then, too, comes the art of the rider, to keep 

 the Horse within his pace, and with admirable 

 give and take, add to the length of every 

 stride. Then, perhaps, the spur, skiHiiliy 

 applied, may be necessary to rouse every dor- 

 mant energy. 



A sluggish lurching Horse may need more 

 punishment than the humane observer would 

 think justifiable ; but the natural ardour of 

 the race-horse, roused at the moment of the 

 grand struggle, by the moderate application 

 of the whip and spur, will bring him through 

 if he can win. 



Forrester will afford sufficient illustration ot 

 the natural emulation of the courser. He had 

 won many a hardly contested race ; at length, 

 over-weighted and over-matched, the rally 

 had commenced. His opponent, who had 

 been waiting behind, was gaining upon him ; 

 he overtook him, and they continued quite 

 close to within the distance. It was a point 

 that could scarcely be decided ; but Forrest- 

 er's strength was failing. He made one des- 

 perate plunge — seized his antagoni.st by the 

 jaw to ho'd hi no back, and could be scarcely 

 forced to quit his hold. 



