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have seen and schooled many green horses that from weanlings 

 took readily to jumping, and several that when turned into a 

 runway would jump back and forth over the hurdles of their own 

 accord. I have had several green horses that, as soon as mounted, 

 w-ould of their own accord start away to the schooling-gTound. 

 Of some of these it has been hard to say whether they enjoy the 

 sport or not until they met hounds, and then they were as am- 



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bitious to get on with them as the rider, and not from excitement 

 or fear, as one could tell by the collected way in which they 

 jumped, l:)ut from sheer love of the sport. At a check other 

 horses could come and go, but directly hounds moved they were 

 off. I am speaking now of green horses. To some horses hunting 

 is an irksome task that never becomes anything but work or 



