RIDING TO HOUNDS 167 



When a horse refuses, the rule is that 



the rider shall immediately pull out and 



give the next a chance to 



Right of Way . . 



jump. This is so often over- 

 looked in the field, that a few words 

 seem desirable to impress its impor- 

 tance upon the minds of those who 

 hunt. 



Women particularly seem to consider 

 themselves privileged to keep their 

 horse at a fence while he refuses at 

 each trial, blocking the way, if there 

 is no other place to jump, of those in 

 their rear. Frequently, when her horse 

 refuses, his rider thinks there is time 

 to try it again before the next one 

 reaches the place; she puts him at the 

 fence, in her hurry turning him so 

 short he could not jump if he wanted 

 to, and the result is that he stops just 

 as the other horse arrives, whose rider 

 is thereby obliged to pull up. 



