RIDING 93 



'' to come " as when sitting back, and you 

 lose the " chuck '* from the horse's quarters, 

 hence the concussion is less ; and alto- 

 gether there is a lot to say for it except 

 at low drops, or when landing into furrows 

 and boggy ground. 



You can soon teach a boy from the 

 plough-tail to stick on, because it hurts 

 him to fall, but what is a seat without 

 hands? — which denote the artist, and 

 which no one who has started riding 

 late in life can ever acquire. Riding 

 young horses helps to make hands 

 as much as anything; they answer to a 

 ** silken thread" pull when their mouths 

 are nicely made. Talk about lifting 

 horses at their fences, as one often hears 

 — stuff and nonsense ! Just sit in a 

 clothes-basket and try to lift yourself 

 by the handles, or try playing at horses 

 like children with two strinofs and a 



