PURCHASING HORSES. 167 



"Which was the constant use of the whip and 

 spur ; also the shouting to horses at their leaps." 



*' The application of the whip and spur I had quite 

 done with ; and I am quite sure on every account it 

 would be well if riders in the field had done with it 

 also. With regard to the shouting — an unfortunate 

 expression I made use of, and which you do not seem 

 disposed to forget — it is, perhaps, too strong a term 

 for the act 5 but many men, and fine horsemen, have 

 some favourite term they use to their horse at his 

 leaps — such as, * Come up !' * Go along !' This they 

 so constantly use, that they are unconscious when 

 they do it ; and, let me deferentially tell them, their 

 horse at last becomes unconscious of it too. So every 

 efi'ect from it ceases, and then cui bono ?''' 



" Is this practised in what you term our crack 

 counties ?" • 



** I will reply to you by analogy, which I think 

 will answer your question. When I lived in Ireland, 

 the high road ran within a hundred yards of my 

 house. Now I must tell you that the Irish coachmen, 

 to speak generally, were, in point of neatness of 



