224 PRECEPT AND PRACTICE. 



to this particular in riding. Their horses, conse- 

 quently, in the course of time, learn to take care of 

 themselves. Perhaps a man accustomed to the tread- 

 mill learns the same thing, but this does not teach 

 him a handsome style of walking ; few huntsmen's 

 horses are pleasant ones to carry a gentleman ; and, 

 in sooth, some gentlemen with bad hands teach their 

 horses a style of going not pleasant to any one but 

 their owners. 



