CHAPTER XVr. 



ON RIDING A CRAVING HORSE IN HIS SWEAT, 



Proceeding with my instructions to the boy in 

 riding, I will suppose him now to have been in the 

 stable for a couple of years. Being a light weight, he 

 has, during this period, been riding such young ones 

 in their exercise and sweats, as the groom may have 

 thought him best capable of managing. In advancing 

 in years, he has become stronger on horseback, and 

 gives promise of being a good jockey. 



The groom, aware of the advantage of having such 

 a boy to ride different horses in training, proceeds to 

 give him further insti'uctions, and puts him up to ride 

 such horses in their sweats, as will bring the boy into 

 good riding condition. 



It is to be observed, that the boy we are alluding to, 

 already knows, from the practice he has had in riding 

 exercise, how and when to make use of his hands and 

 feet in setting off a horse in his gallop. He also knows 

 how to sit quietly down in his saddle when his horse 



