THE APPROACH 



The question we must now ask ourselves is, 

 what is the secret of presenting the fence to a 

 horse, so that he will jump it off his hocks, land 

 a comfortable distance the other side, and give us 

 what is known as a good " feel " ? We all know 

 that out hunting it is only occasionally we get 

 that. About two fences out of three, we get over 

 all right, but we are quite aware that the horse 

 was out of his stride, and jumped off his forehand. 

 Under such circumstances we experience no feeling 

 of pleasure, but only that of relief, when we find 

 that he has landed safely the other side. 



But when he does come up to the fence in his 

 stride, springs off his hocks, and lands well into 

 the next field, what a different sensation it is, and 

 how it adds to the pleasure (and safety) of hunting ! 

 I think it is generally believed that it is too much 

 to expect any man to reach such a standard as to 

 be sure of his stride every time, and, in fact, that 

 hunting people are, generally speaking, content 

 with things as they are, and do not much worry 

 about such higher flights of horsemanship. 



But those who delight in riding for riding's sake 

 (they are many), and who are not content with 



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