20 WHIP AND SPUR. 



Rye (twenty-one miles) in an hour and forty-five 

 minutes, including a rest of twenty minutes at 

 Pelham Bridge, and I frequently rode twenty-five 

 miles out in the morning and back in the after- 

 noon. When put to her work, her steady road 

 gallop (mostly on the grassy sides) was fifteen 

 miles an hour. 



Of course these were extreme cases ; but she 

 never showed fatigue from them, and she did 

 good service nearly every day, winter and sum- 

 mer, from her twelfth to her fifteenth year, keep- 

 ing always in good condition, though thin as a 

 racer, and looking like a colt at the end of the 

 time. Horsemen never guessed her age at more 

 than half of what it actually was. 



Beyond the average of even the most intelligent 

 horses, she showed some almost human traits. 

 Above all was she fond of children, and would 

 quiet down from her wildest moods to allow a 

 child to be carried on the pommel. When en- 

 gaged in this serious duty, it was difficult to 

 excite her, or to urge her out of a slow and 

 measured pace, although usually ready for any 



