TRAINING, AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT. 15 7 



Aiistralian Bucking Horses. — I believe the Australian 

 horsemen to be the best in the world, especially on the 

 mountains, and for endurance our horses can't be 

 beaten, but they are frightfully vicious, and a new 

 hand in the country — be he ever so good a rider at 

 home — gets many an awkward spill before he acquires 

 the matchless firmness of seat that enables him to 

 contend with the brute successfully. 



FEATS OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



" When a few old bushmen get together spinning 

 yarns commencing with ' I recollect,' &c., many a good 

 and true story is related, for as a rule your decent 

 bushman is not given, like the jackaroo, to pulling the 

 long bow. 



" I formed one of a little group the other day dis- 

 cussing the threadbare subject of Dick Turpin's famous 

 ride, and the conversation turned upon feats of English 

 and Colonial horsemanship — racing and jumping to 

 wit. I was able to draw upon my memory from an 

 old Illustrated London News of a celebrated jump at 

 Kensal Green over a ditch 22ft. wide, which I do not 

 recollect having heard excelled ; but for the staying 

 powers of both horse and man in performing either 

 long or rapid journeys under difficult circumstances, I 

 am inclined to believe, from my own experience, that 

 the valiant highwayman's performance makes a poor 



