66 MODERN PIG-STICKING CHAP. 



through thick cover, at this period', with a good 

 margin of speed in hand. Waving grass and dust 

 will help you much. Cutting out the work does 

 not mean seeing red and riding like a lunatic all the 

 way ; it means good hunting. When your oppor- 

 tunity arrives, touch your horse lightly with the leg, 

 and you are on the pig in a couple of bounds at 

 twice his pace. 



At the end, when you do make your rush, you 

 must go in like a tiger, " all out," man and horse, 

 every nerve and muscle strained. Whether the 

 boar comes into you or not, this is the whole art of 

 killing a pig. It is your horse's pace and impetus 

 that gives the blow, not the strength of your arm. 

 I have written more on this subject in the chapter 

 on " Spears." If you are riding a slow horse " all 

 out " with only just legs to catch the pig, you must 

 spear when and where you can. It is a tiring and 

 difficult performance. 



In difficult cover, I repeat, ride slow and shout. 

 In 1913, " R " Battery, R.H.A., won the Muttra 

 Cup in country of all sorts with Mr. Norton, Captain 

 Phillips, and Mr. Clibborn. The two men nearest 

 the pig when he got up hustled him all they knew ; 

 the third rode twenty yards behind, and in echelon, 

 decreasing this distance as the pace slackened, 

 ready for a jink especially on the side on which lay 

 any special cover. 



When a hog is in one cover, and has only a short 

 distance to his next cover, your only chance is to 

 stand with your back to the latter and face the 

 cover where he is. When he comes out, ride for 

 a charge at once. 



If you are beating a cover with a line, and come 

 to the clearly-defined end of the beat, let the line 



