lo6 HINTS TO HORSEMEN"; OR, 



result the third will be, his being sold at a good 

 price. 



Let not, however, those who have never ridden in 

 a steeple-chase deceive themselves, by thinking that 

 because they may ride forward boldly and well in a 

 run with hounds, they possess all the necessary 

 attributes for riding in a race : to do so, a knowledge 

 of racing, and pace, as it affects their own horse and 

 others in the race, is quite indispensable, as is the 

 knowing, or rather feeling, the precise moment when 

 it becomes necessary to take a pull at his horse ; or, 

 if finding him full of running, to have an eye to the 

 state of the other horses who he may see in diflSculty : 

 then, supposing he feels his own horse strong under 

 him, increasing the pace takes all the running out of 

 them, and he is left, in technical phrase, to ''win as 

 he likes." The knowing when it becomes prudent, 

 or necessary, to ease a horse, is quite necessary' to the 

 mere crossing country with hounds, but in such case 

 should a man neglect to do this till his hunter be- 

 comes pumped out, the horse, by a little after-nursing, 

 recovers himself, which, if in proper condition and 



