14 RIDING, DRIVING AND KINDRED SPORTS 



a nervous, doubtful rider, who had as fine a stud 

 of horses as money could buy. All the horses 

 came with characters, yet before the end of the 

 season nearly every horse took to refusino-. On 

 the other hand I recollect seeing some cavalry 

 rough-riders trying to persuade a very awkward 

 batch of Waler remounts to jump one of the 

 regulation fences. There Is no horse more awk- 

 ward than the Waler remount. The men were 

 bold enough, but they were rough. At last the 

 squadron commander, who was looking on, and 

 was a beautiful horseman, got on the horses one 

 after the other and handed them over the fences 

 In the most perfect style. So does the rider 

 make the horse. Yet there' Is much to be 

 learned before a man can obtain proper control 

 over his mount. 



Having learned to stay on without the bridle, 

 the next point is to use It for Its proper purpose 

 — the control and guidance of the horse. If the 

 rider has the opportunity, I should advise a 

 course of military equitation. In a cavalry 

 riding-school we learn what is always useful to 

 know, the principles of the art of riding, and 

 to control the horse by the use of the hand 

 and of the leg. It is by pressure of the latter 

 as well as by the finger on the bridle, that a 

 horse is guided and controlled. 



But if you have not the advantage of an 



