24: FACT AGAINST FICTION, 



occasionally, been mounted on one of tliese really 

 wise animals, who knew very well Avhat ho was 

 about, and at the close of the coursing day the 

 owner of the hack has been surprised how per- 

 fectly docile the animal had become. If a horse, 

 for the moment, ever pulls you, and the coast 

 is clear, let lum gOj with the plain galloping 

 ground under his feet ; tJiat may be pleasant 

 enough to the horse or momentary victor, but, 

 having had his Avill, when the ground changes 

 — a ^'flat,'' even among men, cannot last for ever 

 — when uphill work begins, then let the spur 

 do its office; a long and severely ascending rise 

 takes the running out of anything ! Then it 

 is the rider's time to run away with the horse, 

 the tables are completely turned, and the steed, 

 in a remarkably short space of time, knows that 

 he has a master on his back not to be scared 

 by a spurt of run-away speed, and who will not 

 permit the ''lark'' to be ended when the horse 

 thinks Jie has larked enough. 



I had two hunters in my life, both were bought 

 by me of the late John Elmore, of Duke Street, 

 and their names were '' Brutus," fifteen hands 

 three inches in height, and ^'Jack o' Lantern," 



