I20 THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



a little conspicuous, you are always liable 

 to be chaffed by your friends if you 

 have hoisted the "white feather" on the 

 white horse ** within sight.'* 



You want a shorter-coupled horse in 

 a heavy clay country, and where there 

 is a superabundance of plough, than in 

 galloping grass countries like Leicester- 

 shire and Meath, where speed is so 

 highly essential. I must admit to liking 

 a hunter with a fair amount of action in 

 his trot, and, although a thorough horse- 

 man can enjoy a run on a ewe-necked 

 one, or one which carries his head right 

 near the ground, providing it goes on, 

 stays, and keeps jumping clean all day, 

 it is really pleasanter riding a horse 

 which, without being peacocky, carries 

 its head well up. I like a horse you 

 can **see coming a good long way off" 

 when he is walking or trotting towards you. 



