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CHAPTER XL 

 RIDING ACROSS COUNTRY. 



" Made " fences — Practice over natural fences. 

 " MADE " FENCES. 



It is necessary for a lady who intends to hunt, to 

 obtain as much practice as possible over the various 

 kinds of fences which she may have to negotiate when 

 hunting, before she appears in the field. Although 

 ladies living in the country may have an opportunity of 

 obtaining practice over natural fences of gradually 

 increasing size, it is generally more convenient, and 

 perhaps safer, to utilise '' made " fences in a field or 

 paddock. These obstacles need not be very high to 

 commence with, but they should assume various forms, 

 due prominence being given to the most common kind 

 of fence encountered in the country in which the rider 

 desires to hunt. Two or more specimens of this 

 particular obstacle may be included in the artificial 

 collection. To imitate Leicestershire fences we may 

 make, for the first jump, the nearest approach we can 

 to an ordinary hedge ; the second, a hedge with a 



