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"he mast be terribly beat, for he made only a faint 

 effort to trot on and get away from your song". 

 But this does not affect my argument as to the voice 

 being of great use in training young horses, and only 

 goes to prove that they accept the voice as they find 

 it, and are not critical as to its timbre . 



I well remember a far from pleasant Irish expe- 

 rience of mine bearing on the power of the voice. 

 I was riding a farmer's horse that my host in County 

 Limerick had borrowed for me. .'e did little in the 

 morning, and although he seemed rather "reluctant" 

 and sticky, I got him to jump the banks fairly well. 

 Late in the day we found in a nice hill gorse and ran 

 sharply along the hillside. The walls were tall and 

 my mount refused persistently. I got him over three, 

 but only after repeated refusals at each. By the time 

 I reached the fourth wall the hunt had entirely vanish- 

 ed, for there were very few left out and the light was 

 not good - "low visibility", as we should say now. 

 The fourth wall was the tallest of any, and I abandoned 

 the contest and made for a road, a sadder but not wiser 

 man, for I felt certain the fault lay with me, although 

 I could not tell where my horsemanship had failed. 

 The owner's explanation was, if my memory serves me, 

 as follows: "Sure, your honour, there is not a bigger 

 lepped horse in Limerick, but if you meet a big wall 

 you must let a shout out at him as you come in under 

 it". With my belief in the power of the voice, I 

 was quite ready to accept the explanation and leave it 

 at that, but not so the owner. He was determined to 

 bring home to me that properly ridden, or, rather, pro- 

 perly shouted at, his horse could .lump. The next day 

 I hunted, he brought him out, and where I went he went. 

 Just as I put my horse at a fence, with a yell that 

 only an Irishman could achieve, he rushed past me and 

 generally lumped the exact spot I was aiming at. 

 It was an annoying experience, not lessened by seeing 

 the horse lumping exceedingly well for another man. 

 I tried flattery and I tried expostulation, but with- 

 out effect. He had come out to show me how his horse 

 could jump, and he carried out his plan. 



So I say, don't be afraid of using your voice; it 

 may often prove of great value. I have heard it said 



