CHAPTER II 



FIRST RIDING LESSONS : AND THE HUNTING FIELD 



Horsemanship is a combination of hands and seat, 

 strengthened by nerve. It cannot be learnt by- 

 reading a book, and must be acquired by practice. 

 Good nerve, I have already said, is merely a 

 question of health. 



There are some people who lack that delicate, 

 sympathetic touch in the fingers v^hich goes to 

 make first-class ^'hands''; but, though they can 

 never know the magnetic feeling which should exist 

 between horse and rider, they may with care avoid 



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