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any other exercise, and I feel that we are really 

 on wrong lines when we envy the man without 

 them. On the contrary, I think he should envy 

 the man with a well-developed leg, because the 

 calf is of great assistance in every way, and that 

 a good leg for riding is not necessarily a good leg 

 for a boot. 



Horse Management 



Hitherto I have purposely avoided any dis- 

 cussion on horse management, because it is a 

 subject that is thoroughly well known in Great 

 Britain. There are already many books on the 

 subject, and it would require a far abler pen than 

 mine, and would also be far beyond the scope of 

 my endeavours to deal with so large a subject. 

 My only idea has been to deal with horsemanship 

 alone, and to touch lightly upon a few points in 

 which dubiety or error seem to hold ground. There 

 are, however, a few matters which I may be excused 

 dealing with. They are just some random notes 

 which may be of interest. Not, perhaps, of any 

 great importance. But small things go to make up 

 the happiness of horses as well as men. The first 

 is the question of how often and how long a horse 

 should be out hunting. Although this is very old 

 gromid, the fact that I so often see the principles 

 broken must be my excuse, and I write in the 

 hope that even though the subject is old, there is 

 still room for a little enlightenment, or at any rate 

 originality in expression. 



