1/4 RIDING RECOLLECTIONS. 



everything else be in your favour, it is twenty to one 

 you are riding the wrong horse ! 



Therefore, the process of educating your young one, 

 must be conducted on quieter principles, and in a less 

 haphazard way. If you can find a pack of harriers, 

 and their master does not object, there is no better school 

 for the troublesome or unwilling pupil. But remember, 

 I entreat, that horsebreaking is prejudicial to sport, 

 and most unwelcome. You are there on sufferance, 

 take care to interfere with nobody, and above all, keep 

 wide of the hounds ! The great advantage you will find 

 in harehunting over the wilder pursuit of the fox, is 

 in the circles described by your game. There is plenty 

 of time to " have it out " with a refuser, and indeed 

 to turn him backwards and forwards if you please, 

 over the same leap, without fear of being left behind. 

 The " merry harriers " are pretty sure to return m a few 

 minutes, and you can begin again, with as much en- 

 thusiasm of man and horse as if you had never been 

 out of the hunt at all ! Whip and spur, I need hardly 

 insist, cannot be used too sparingly, and anything in 

 the shape of haste or over-anxiety is prejudicial, but 

 if it induces him to jump in his stride, you may ride 

 this kind of horse a turn faster at his fences, than any 

 other. You can trust him not to be in too great a 



