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which, if the rider is possessed of an active presence 

 of mind, he can do. 



First, he must stick to the reins ; second, with- 

 draw his feet from the irons ; third, coil the body 

 all up in a heap ; and fourth, he must always con- 

 trive to fall to the side the horse rolls to. In 

 maintaining a firm hold of the reins the horse is 

 kept from running away ; in withdrawing the feet 

 from the stirrups the rider saves himself from being 

 dragged if the horse should rise before him ; in 

 coiling the body into as small a compass as possible 

 there is far less chance to get injured by the fall ; 

 and in falling to the same side that the horse rolls 

 to the rider runs less danger of being kicked when 

 the horse is struggling to regain his feet. Thus, 

 by having regard to these four items and doing 

 them at the right time, for they are all the work 

 of a moment, the rider will nearly always — to use a 

 very forcible expression — get off " scot free." There- 

 fore, to those who wish to be acquainted with the 

 science of the hunting-field, it is just as necessary 

 to be able to fall off as it is to sit on, and the great 

 secret is to do them both properly, in the right 

 place and at the right time. 



HOW TO MAKE A COLT FOLLOW THE RIDER. 



Probably the best way to teach a colt to follow his 

 rider is to take him into a court thoroughly secluded 

 so that nothing can occur to arrest his attention. A 

 halter should be put upon the colt. When this is 



