LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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English foxhound " Grafton Pageant " . . . . Frontispiece 

 High-class grade thoroughbred Blue Rock hunter type ) 



> 22 



Heavy-weight hunter ideal Irish type ) 



The harness type ) 



> 28 



The hack type ) 



Thoroughbred stallion Barrett, by Bonnie Scotland ... 30 



Rider's centre of gravity, withers, shoulder-blade, true arm, 



elbow-joint, and girths 32 



" A rap on the shins that knocks the feeling out of his legs " 66 



Rider in correct position front and back 92 



The right and the wrong way of jumping timber .... 94 



The right and the wrong way of landing over timber . . 98 



Hands correct and incorrect positions 104 



Hands in riding 114 



Fast at timber, too extended ) 



\ 118 

 Slow at timber, hocks well under ) 



" The sharp rowels of a spur ploughing across the loins of a 



horse " 126 



" There is a knack about falling, as there is about swimming " 138 



" c Catch my horse! Here, somebody! I say, there, catch 



my horse !'" 152 



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