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like a republican form of government — perfect in theor\% 

 but mighty hard to make as perfect in practice with a 

 somewhat mixed population; and in the hunting- field it 

 is, even to an expert, practicallj^ impossible to ride on the 

 delicate school -rein. On the polo-gromid it might per- 

 haps be done. A hunter or a polo -pony must not mind 

 frequent and sometimes severe twitches on the mouth ; 

 but twitches, unless your bit is very light, ruin the school- 

 horse. It will not do to forget that each occupies a field 

 by itself, and that art and the sports can hardly mix : they 

 are as unlike as oil and water. 



Perhaps, to-day, the best uses for school - riding are in 

 winter, when, on days too disagreeable to be out with sat- 



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