LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Facing page 



English foxhound " Grafton Pageant " . . . . Frontispiece 



High-class grade thoroughbred Blue Rock — hunter type ) 



Heavy-weight hunter — ideal Irish type ) 



The harness type ) 



\ 28 

 The hack type ) 



Thoroughbred stallion Barrett, by Bonnie Scotland ... 30 



Rider's centre of gravity, withers, shoulder-blade, true arm, 



elbow-joint, and girths 32 



" A rap on the shins that knocks the feeling out of his legs " 66 



Rider in correct position — front and back 92 



The right and the wrong way of jumping timber .... 94 



The right and the wrong way of landing over timber . . 98 



Hands — correct and incorrect positions 104 



Hands in riding 114 



Fast at timber, too extended ) 



> 118 

 Slow at timber, hocks well under ) 



" The sharp rowels of a spur ploughing across the loins of a 



horse " 126 



" There is a knack about falling, as there is about swimming " 138 



"'Catch my horse! Here, somebody! I say, there, catch 



my horse !' " 152 



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