RUMBLE — RUN 



most other countries, if not in all, the rule is exactly the 

 reverse. An exception is made here, too, in the case of 

 horses which are being led in country districts, as it is the 

 more usual practice to take them on the off side, so that 

 the person leading them is next the footpath, which makes 

 it less easy for the horse, if viciously inclined, to injure 

 pedestrians. In towns, however, the traffic would become 

 disorganised were this method to be adopted. When two 

 vehicles meet at cross-roads, it is the rule for that coming 

 from the less important road to give way to the other. All 

 vehicles moving at a walking pace should keep close to the 

 side of the road. 



Rumble. — The seat behind a carriage on which the 

 servants sit. (See Dickey?) 



Rum Pony. — The Isle of Rum pony was first patronised 

 by the then Earl of Salisbury in 1840, and he, being doubtle.ss 

 actuated by the best intentions, introduced a thoroughbred 

 sire into the island with the object of adding quality and 

 generally improving the breed, the result being that the true 

 Rum blood is extinct. Previously, the ponies had run wild 

 on the island, but of late years many of the best specimens 

 have been brought into England, where their merits are 

 warmly appreciated by those who have become possessed of 

 them. They are mostly dark in colour, their heads being 

 rather plain, but their legs, feet, and quarters are usually 

 excessively good, whilst their powers of endurance and 

 sure-footedness are remarkable. The height is, or was, about 

 14 hands, and their constitutions being so robust. Rum ponies 

 are capable of getting through a good deal of hard work on 

 poor, and sometimes insufficient, food. 



Run. — A horse is said to run when his action is a 

 compromise between the canter behind, and the trot in front. 

 It is an awkward-looking, useless gait, and only met with 

 in the case of animals of little merit which have been badly 

 broken. (See Action?) 



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