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once learned, he will take any reasonable height as 

 easil}^ as the first two feet : it only requires an in- 

 creased exertion of the hocks, quarters, and loins. 

 Such practice is most beneficial to impatient horses, 

 or such as are apt to rush at their fences ; for in this 

 sort of pound between the rails, they must have 

 patience, for they have not scope for impetuosity. 



The going '' well through dirt" (as it is techni- 

 cally termed), or the reverse, is an attribute or power 

 that varies wonderfully in different horses : there 

 are many who have not this qualification, and con- 

 sequently are at times, and over certain ground, often 

 and easily beat, yet can fly over another country, 

 even carrying heavier weight. Their style of going 

 greatly produces this difference : horses that have 

 their haunches well under them, and strike quickly 

 in their gallop with something like round action, 

 usually get well through dirt, very long- striding 

 horses seldom can ; the latter want racing ground to 

 go on, then they shine. 



A friend of mine has at this moment a horse as 

 clever a hunter, and certainly as good and game an 



