HUNTING, AND HIDING TO HOUNDS. /)7 



one, or a ^^ruslicr," angered at the sight of a 

 fence, however small, and determined to bolt at 

 it full galloj:). 



When horses rush, or are put to rush, Avhich 

 is the rider's mistake, at these small places, 

 however small the place, or even little and evident 

 the grip or ditch, over-haste and carelessness, 

 when the place is small, may bring the ditch 

 within the horse's stride, instead' of the stride 

 brhiging the horse's feet just to the spot where 

 he should spring over the impediment. In a 

 case of this kind, the horse not being timed by 

 the rider's hand, or not timing himself, he is 

 sure to fall precisely as if, when at sjoeed, he 

 had jmt his fore feet into an uncovered or broken 

 through a covered drcwi ; and this mischance, when 

 at full speed, or even half speed, induces a violent, 

 and, perhaps, a dangerous fall. 



On the other hand, if j^ermitted to fly at these 

 really contemptible little places, the sensible horse, 

 urged by his rider at a senseless speed, may 

 see that if he does not take off some twelve 

 feet before he really had any need to do, the 

 compass of his next stride must bring his 

 fore feet into the perhaps deep little ditch. 



