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HOW TO ASCEND HILLS AND CROSS THE 



" PLOUGH." 



In going to the hill, and on crossing the " plough/' 

 the rider must be careful to give his horse plenty of 

 time. In the latter case he should endeavour to get 

 the horse into an open furrow if possible ; and if he 

 fall behind he need not be discouraged for when he 

 touches the grass land again with his horse fresh and 

 his head down hill he will soon get on terms with 

 these madcaps (and there are always some in the 

 hunting-field) who, by galloping across the *' plough " 

 may have blown their horses, and he will leave them 

 at every stride. 



A good story is told of a former Earl of Wemyss 

 who hunted a pack of hounds and always rode a good 

 horse, and nothing annoyed him so much as to be 

 behind in a run. One day he had been thrown out 

 of a run on the Lammermuirs in Berwickshire, and 

 when the majority of the riders were on the top of 

 Cockburn Law where a check had occurred, his lord- 

 ship was only fording the Whitadder at its base. 

 As soon as he got across the river he galloped up 

 the steep hill-side as fast as his jaded horse could carry 

 him, which, from the undue exertion, was blowing 

 like a steam engine. On joining the others some one 

 remarked that his lordship's horse was surely " Away 

 in the wind." " Not at all," replied the Earl, " he's 

 just got Cockburn Law in his throat ! " 



