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as a man takes to find out his. Many people hold 

 the opinion that this is utter nonsense, and that no 

 bond, sympathetic or otherwise, can possibly exist 

 between a horse and a man. This is a difficult matter 

 to explain on paper, and, whilst it may not be under- 

 stood by a novice, every average horseman will 

 readily appreciate this mysterious link which is felt 

 rather than seen. 



HOW THE HORSE KNEW THE RIDER. 



We knew a case of a young man in town who 

 suddenly inherited a large fortune. He had been 

 accustomed to ride a bicycle, but, anxious to do the 

 county squire, he visited a country friend to purchase 

 a hunter. He had never previously ridden, and 

 those readers who know anything about equestrian 

 science will readily appreciate the humour and novelty 

 of his position. As soon as he was fairly astride the 

 horse, he knocked the ashes from his cigar, adjusted 

 his eyeglasses, and drew his whip across the flanks ol 

 the spirited hunter. The horse bounded in the air 

 and so did the rider, but before either touched terra 

 fijina a dissolution of partnership had occurred. In 

 this case, the horse knew the rider in one brief 

 moment, but the rider never knew that horse all 

 his life. 



HOW THE RIDER KNEW THE HORSE. 



Again, we knew a gentleman who owned a very 

 valuable hunter, but there was a certain road along 



