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endeavour to get at the cause of the evil com- 

 plained of. The most successful medical men 

 are those who first take time and pains to 

 ascertain the wherefore, and then seek to effect 

 the cure. 



The extremely ungraceful and unpleasant 

 motion known as the ** double rise " is attribut- 

 able to two distinct causes. It is due either to 

 the horse or to the rider, and to the one quite 

 as frequently as to the other. A large, heavy 

 animal, with slow and clumsy action will, if 

 ridden by a lady, be almost certain to necessi- 

 tate the double rise. This I know by the 

 certainty derived from experience. I was 

 staying some^time ago at a house in the midst 

 of our finest hunting county in Ireland, 

 namely, royal Meath. The owner was a 

 great hunting-man in both senses of the word, 

 for he was a superb cross-country rider, and, 

 if put in the scales, would pull down sixteen 

 stone. Being a top-weight^ he always rode 

 immense horses — elephants I used to call 

 them, greatly to his indignation. Very good- 

 he was about lending me one of these huge 

 creatures whenever I felt desirous of joining 



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