156 RIDING, DRIVING AND KINDRED SPORTS 



get a glimpse, as I threw my eyes^ forward, of 

 the little spiral of dust a pig kicks up as he 

 gallops over sandy grit. 



But to return to one of the questions every 

 beginner must ask himself What horse shall 

 I ride? The answer is the same as would 

 be given to any one who was asking the 

 same question in England. "It depends on 

 the country you are going to hunt in." I 

 have killed pig from a polo pony, and from 

 a big Waler ; but the best all-round horse " I 

 ever owned was an Arab. For couraee and 

 cleverness over rouo-h o-round I never saw 

 his equal. I think the advice I should give 

 would be, if you are hunting by yourself or in 

 close, difficult country, the Arab is the horse, 

 but if you are with a large party in fairly open 

 country, a Waler will get most first spears ; 

 while it is better to ride a pony if the stable is 

 short than not to go at all if you have the 

 chance. One pony, at least, I have known 

 which would follow the turns and twists of a 

 pig as a terrier follows a rat. But whatever 

 breed the horse may be of, one thing is neces- 

 sary. He must have courage. It is not by 

 any means every horse that will go right up to 

 a boar, and few^er still will face a charging one. 

 Nothing is more exasperating, and at the same 

 time more dangerous, than a horse that will 



