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jumped for in two days at Shrewsbury 

 Floral Fete, and ;^50 In one day at 

 Keele Park, whilst at little village shows 

 they often give £1^ ^^^ ;^20 for first 

 prize. The Melton Mowbray Horse 

 Show boldly gives ^5 for first prize in 

 this the premier hunting country of the 

 world. "Hooray!" It is nearly all 

 high jumping and no water in Yorkshire, 

 except at the County Show, and all 

 hurdles and water and no gate in Lanca- 

 shire. You want to place your horse 

 accordingly. 



I believe, if you have a very good 

 high jumper, it lowers them an inch or 

 two spreading them at w^ater — at least, it 

 does some. Irrespective of show-jump- 

 ing, I believe that common-bred horses 

 jump timber better than water. I have 

 seen cart colts stand and jump gates 

 when loose frequently, and quite ponies 



