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a wide and meaningless range. But in using the words 

 farther on, the reader will understand our meaning of 

 both, for with us they are by no means synonymous, any 

 more than speaker and orator are in tbe oral world. 



HORSEMANSHIP. 



Horsemanship is considered by some to be more of an 

 art than a science — that one has nothing to do but to learn 

 the knack of sticking on and then ram a horse at a fence, 

 whether he will or no, and expect a safe leap beyond all 

 perad venture, not considering that the source of the 

 bound is in the horse's brain, which must be prepared be- 

 fore the body. Art is manifested in matter, in operations 

 of the physique, while science appertains to the mind — 

 the invisible. The man at the helm understands the art 

 of steering, while science and the compass tell him where 

 to go. Thus, in horsemanship art and science are com- 

 bined, and so closely connected in any critical perform- 

 ance that they are inseparable for success. The theory 

 and practice must be united, as well in the horse as in 

 his rider, for in equestrian feats these are the exercise 

 and power of mind over matter, and when theory and 

 practice are united and in proportion, and the material 

 and opportunities good, success follows. 



It is a mistake to think that strength and brute force, 

 or hap-hazard practice, will insure success. If, to keep 

 the ship in her regular course and prevent her shipping 

 a sea, a gentle touch of the hand on the wheel will suf- 

 fice, what an infinitesimal touch on the reins should 

 suffice to guide, with the same hand, so small an animal 

 as a horse. Yet we often see the reins and bit handled 

 with the same amount of strength that would manage 

 the rudder of a seventy-four-gun battle-ship. 



By way of distinction we designate the bridle with a 

 single bit and two reins, like the Pelham bridle, a double- 

 reined bridle, for the reason that it has only one bit, one 



