5 2 Horse and Man. 



purpose. What is termed a highly managed 

 charger is altogether unnecessary ; because, 

 however far you may wish to carry your own 

 education, you will find it easy, when you have 

 once acquired a certain degree of tact, to push 

 forward that of your horse at the same time. 



i. Working in Line. Begin by acquiring 

 the knack of moving your legs freely without 

 disturbing your seat or hand. Do not re- 

 semble that unskilful cavalier recorded in 

 Henry IV., who c gave his able horse the 

 head, and bending forward struck his armed 

 heels into the panting sides of the poor jade.' 

 Shakespeare no doubt drew from nature ; but 

 we know that nature sometimes turns out 

 very indifferent horsemen. What do you 

 suppose would have happened if the poor 

 jade, instead of answering the spur like an 

 honest horse, had set up his back and given 

 a resolute plunge ? The unwary messenger 

 would have been thrown clean out of his 

 saddle, and the king would have had to wait 

 another post for news of the battle of Shrews- 

 bury. 



Commence your practice without spurs. 



