Steeplechase Riding 205 



If anybody lias fathomed the mystery, I wish 

 he woukl publish the solution. And why is 

 it that we not infrequently find a bad hunter 

 make a good 'chaser ? 



Roughly speaking, in riding a race, if your 

 horse is one of the slow, staying sort, you 

 must go in front and keep there as long as 

 you can ; if of the speedy order and deficient 

 in stamina, then you must wait with him 

 and rely upon one effort — which must not 

 be made, on the one hand, too soon, or the 

 "run" will not last him as far as the post; 

 or, on the other, too late, for there the 

 consequences are so obvious as not to need 

 mention. But we ought to make very sure 

 of our facts beforehand, for many a horse 

 that has been merely regarded as a sprinter 

 has shown himself later in life capable of 

 getting long courses ; amongst others, Lord 

 Coventry's famous sisters. Emblem and Em- 

 blematic, both Grand National winners, for 

 example. 



If you could, indeed, have " eyes in the 

 back of your head," you would not find them 



