170 SPORTING REMINISCENCES 



Take the silly old cavalry drill as a motto with 

 the gallant friends who struggle through deep 

 going and face blind places and never fall if they 

 can help it. Make much of your 'osses, with or 

 without the three inane pats accompanying the 

 words. 



Horses go quite differently for people they are 

 in sympath}^ with, and a word of encouragement 

 goes farther than a spur. Personally if I had a 

 horse which needed one of the spikes some women 

 use, he would be someone else's horse in a very 

 short time. 



