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riding-schools the drill has recently been 

 simplified, not that higher training is use- 

 less, but that it takes up so much time for 

 which it offers no sufficient advantages. 

 A few hunthig men affect to despise school 

 riding altogether, but this is going to an 

 extreme, and can only be taken as an 

 evidence of ignorance. 



Between the piaffe and croupade idea 

 and that of the cross-country rider who is 

 ignorant of aids, a safe and sure place is 

 claimed for the present system. It certainly 

 supplies instruction preparatory alike to 

 military, cross-country, and Park riding. 

 Very little explanation is required to show 

 that the difference between them is non- 

 essential, while in all the main points the 

 similarity is absolute. A hunting man 

 makes himself comfortable by pushing his 

 feet home in his stirrups, he can use both 

 hands on his reins, he does not usually 

 carry himself very erect, and he lets his 

 horse extend himself and walk with his 

 head low. This is all quite consistent with 

 what the horse and his rider have to do. 

 The soldier, on the other hand, can use 

 only one hand for his reins, and must keep 

 his horse collected, so as promptly to 



