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better never try. They will generally make some 

 mistake by doing- it too soon or too late, and the 



attempt will have 

 worse results than 

 if it had never been 

 made. 



Of course, '' lift- 

 ing " a horse is a 

 mechanical impos- 

 sibility in the or- 

 dinary application 

 of the word, but 

 this scientific 

 equestrian term will 

 be fully explained 

 in a subsequent 

 chapter devoted to 

 Polo and Polo 

 Ponies. 



Many a good 

 jump is spoilt on 

 the part of the 

 rider by offering 

 help in the way of 

 " lifting " at the 

 wrong time ; and 

 not infrequently a 

 number of ''spills" can be traced to futile attempts 

 to accomplish this extremely difficult equestrian attain- 

 ment. 



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