218 COACHING. 



tliis, keep your wheeler at Lis full pace, slacken- 

 ing in tbe meantime the extra speed of your 

 leader. Tbe above is necessary at all times — 

 doubly so when going down hill. Whenever 

 you stop to bait, never omit to remain in the 

 stable, unless you have a most trustworthy 

 groom, during the time of feeding. Depend 

 upon it, haud inexpertns loquor. There are 

 modern ostlers, of course, with many honour- 

 able exceptions, who are not unlike the coach- 

 men satirised by the author of " High Life 

 Below Stairs :" 



" If your good master on you dotes, 



Ne'er leave his horse to serve a stranger ; 

 But pocket hay, and sti'aw, and oats, 

 And let the horses eat the manger." 



The oat-stealer, as he has not inappropriately 

 been named, of the present day, will, we fear, 

 in too many cases, follow the example of the 

 unprincipled fraternity above referred to. In- 

 dependent of this necessary caution, there is 

 surely a feeling of gratitude due to the poor 

 dumb brutes who have toiled all day in our 

 service ; and young dragsmen will do well to 

 remember that humanity to defenceless animals 

 is the strongest characteristic of the British 

 sportsman. 



