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charges as perfect as time would permit, and 

 as he generally had two on the go from our 

 stables at the same time, I was always anxious 

 to accompany him on one of the youngsters, 

 receiving valuable instruction and advice. Of 

 course I got occasionally " grassed," and his 

 injunction when a horse commenced plunging 

 was, " never take your eyes off his head, and 

 clip well from your knee downwards, but if 

 you look at where you think he's going he'll 

 chuck you down." There was another remedy 

 which often succeeded in stopping the colts 

 from bucking, which was by putting a narrow 

 strap round their necks, similar to that of an 

 ordinary martingale, and catching hold tight 

 with one hand as soon as they commenced, 

 which would nearly always have the effect of 

 cutting off inspiration, making them gurgle 

 and sob, and glad to give up the job. At four 

 years old the young ones were turned over to 

 me to give the best education with hounds of 

 which I was capable. In most cases I had a 

 fair amount of success, and, as I had bestowed 

 pains on their schooling by leading over the 

 bar and small places on the farm during the 

 summer, after the youngsters had taken a 

 few^ turns with hounds, they generally de- 



