128 Horse and Man. 



begin to rebel, throw him into an attitude in 

 which he is unable to resist you. 



Men who have never felt what danger on 

 horseback means may sneer at these argu- 

 ments if they choose. Men who know what 

 it is to ride a star-gazing rusher at a double 

 fence will listen to them in a different spirit. 

 It is, in fact, the bold and dashing rider who 

 requires to have a thoroughly broken horse. 

 Your elderly heavy-weight may jog along 

 the turnpike-road all his life, without ever 

 finding out whether his corpulent cob has been 

 properly broken or not. It is therefore the 

 English fox-hunter to whom, above all mortal 

 men, the hints contained in this little work 

 may, if he chooses to make them so, become 

 practically important. 



Why is it that every hunting man who 

 values his neck takes such pains and pays 

 such prices to secure c made ' hunters ? A 

 made hunter does nothing which any well- 

 educated horse of equal* natural powers could 

 not, if taught confidence by a little practice in 

 fencing and coolness by a few days with 

 hounds, be compelled by any scientific horse- 



