CHAPTER V 



RIDING A PIG : POLO : HUNTING 



. . . and heard great argument 

 About it and about, but evermore 



Came out by the same door as in I went. 



F. B. SiMSON gives the following rules for pig- 

 sticking, which had been taught him as a youngster, 

 and on which he ever acted : 



1. Always gallop fast at a pig : never walk. 



2. Always ride at, or take a charging pig at an angle, 

 not end on. 



3. Spear well forward. 



4. Have a sharp spear, and do not hold on to it. 



Two more rules are so universally known that 

 they hardly require noting : 



5. A horse can go where a pig goes. 



6. If you lose a pig, cast for'ard. 



And I would add two others of a gospel that I 

 have ever preached, though I may not have practised 

 it successfully : 



7. You must lie first in a run. 



8. Always ride with a loose rein. 



I comment briefly on these maxims. 



1. Galloping. — Nearly every bad cut I have seen 

 from a pig has been where the horse has not been 

 going at full speed. Hog fight often, and use their 



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