LEAENING. 4S 



SO firequently stops short at his fences when 

 schooling. He mistrusts his own powers. 

 When running with hounds he is home along 

 by speed and by excitement, and so goes 

 skying over obstacles which appal him when 

 trotted quietly to them on a schooling day. 

 It is just the difference which an actor feels 

 between a chilling rehearsal and the night 

 performance, when the theatre is crowded and 

 the clapping of hands and the shouting of 

 approving voices lend life and spirit to the 

 part he plays. 



You will probably get more falls whilst 

 schooHng than ever you will get in the 

 hunting-field, but a few weeks' steady practice 

 over good artificial fences or a nice natural 

 country, will give you a firm seat and an 

 amount of confidence which will stand to you 

 as friends. 



