250 PEECEPT AND PRACTICE. 



liim, who resolutely enough rode him at a slight- 

 made post and rail fence ; true enough, the horse 

 never rose half high enough to clear it, but carried 

 with him the top rail. I begged to get on him ; rode 

 him at the same fence, gave him a direct haul up 

 where he should take off, accompanied by an Irish 

 shout : he cleared it at once, and, to quote the groom's 

 description, "jumped high enough for to-day and to- 

 morrow too." 



What I did was necessary, under the circumstances, 

 though I quite deprecate the system. 



