1 1 2 Horse and Man. 



horse may be habitually used, whose effectual 

 performance requires a special additional edu- 

 cation. It does not, however, necessarily fol- 

 low that the superintendence of this additional 

 education is a task of extraordinary difficulty, 

 or demands any degree of equestrian tact 

 which a man of average faculties cannot with 

 practice and attention make sure of acquiring. 

 I have therefore, in the present chapter, 

 added to my work a few leading hints upon 

 the subject. 



i. Finishing the Hunter. I need scarcely 

 point out that, if the ordinary process of sup- 

 pling is necessary or useful for a hack, it must 

 be still more so for a hunter. If a horse 

 which is not well balanced and light in hand 

 cannot carry his rider with safety or comfort 

 when trotting along a high road, far less can 

 he do so when galloping over Surrey hills or 

 Hampshire morasses. But a hunter, as we 

 all know, requires instruction which a hack 

 does not. A first-flight horseman expects 

 his horse to face almost any fence which the 

 hands of man can set up ; and even an aver- 

 age rider to hounds cannot be safely carried 



