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pullers succumb to tlio curb clmin so situated. 

 Notlung to mo is more annoying tlian to see 

 a hard and heavy undiscriminating hand domi- 

 neering over a soft mouth. ^^Fret" in every 

 swelling vein of the poor dear creature's tortured 

 neck, ensanguined foam on his champing lips, 

 and anger in his beautiful brown eye, all arising 

 from the heavy hand and consequently cumber- 

 ing seat of his clumsy rider. 



On several occasions at coursing meetings I 

 have seen fiery, well-bred hacks bustling about, 

 and when the pace was a walk, adoj^ting an 

 ambling gait, and going at a walk, not head, 

 but tail foremost, or crab-like, sideways. When 

 the course began, away at times went horse 

 and rider in a contrary direction from the start, 

 the horse running away, and the rider thinking 

 only of keeping his seat and being stopped at 

 whatever distance by the uprise of some distant 

 hill. All this heat, speed, and wilfulness is 

 caused by bad horsemanshi]), and letting the horse 

 find out that he could go his own distance at 

 the pace he chose, run away with his rider, and 

 stop when he liked. With another horseman 

 on his back, the case at once altered. I have. 



