144 HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP 



authorities, it is outside the scope of this little 

 book, which only has as its intention the dealing 

 with hunting and civilian matters. 



Testing Staying Power of Horses 



Here is another " tip " which may be new to some 

 of my readers. Supposing we want to find out if a 

 horse is likely to " stay " well, but have no facilities 

 for proving it. The following method gives one a 

 very good guide . Take the horse along with another 

 (a well-known stayer for choice), and canter or gallop 

 them round a paddock, just far enough to exercise 

 their lungs, and have them pulled up close to where 

 two people are standing, and let each, at a given 

 moment, start counting the breathing of the re- 

 spective horses, and compare the difference. Taking 

 twenty as the number decided upon, if the trial 

 horse has only made eighteen breaths to the other's 

 twenty, then it can be safely said that he is a 

 natural stayer; if he has taken twenty-four or 

 twenty-five, then we can equally feel assured that 

 he is not likely to "stay" well. Training will 

 improve a horse's fitness and muscle, but the 

 natural cadence of inhalation and exhalation 

 remains much the same no matter what has been 

 done previously. 



Show -Ring Jumping 



At the International Horse Show at Olympia one 

 of the most conmaon remarks is, " How can you 



