RIDING, DRIVING AND 

 KINDRED SPORTS 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTION 



THERE are so many books on riding and 

 driving, and some of them so good, that it 

 miofht seem as thousfh there was nothing- new 

 to be said on the subject. Yet the feehng of 

 every man who has deHghted in these sports 

 will be with me when I say, that even after 

 the experience of a lifetime, we can always find 

 something to learn about them. The thoughts 

 of those who share the same tastes with our- 

 selves are always interesting, if the experiences 

 be genuine and the opinions founded on prac- 

 tice. For this reason I have some hopes of 

 readers among those whose knowledge may be 

 greater and whose opportunities wider than my 



