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always in the field in which the fall had occurred, 

 and consequently were very easily caught. 



I remember my brother buying a young grey 

 that he christened Charlie, and the first day he 

 had the new purchase out he picked out a nice line 

 of fences and asked me to give him a lead. The 

 young one came down at each of the first five 

 fences, the last of which was a post and rails, 

 which he went through instead of over. He had, 

 however, had his lesson, and the following week 

 Campbell took him out with hounds, when the 

 horse behaved very creditably, only once blunder- 

 ing slightly at a very nasty blind fence. There is 

 no doubt that horses have wonderful memories, 

 and if they are not fretted but are ridden boldly 

 and fearlessly from the first, will hardly ever come 

 to pfrief from the same cause a second time. When 

 a horse refuses it is generally the fault of the 

 breaker, who by his own want of nerve or skill has 

 made the animal frightened, and then he is almost 

 sure to become a miserable hesitating beast, and 

 will require a long course of careful treatment to 

 cure him. I have had many such instances pass 

 through my hands. 



My grey mare Brilliant, which carried me eight- 

 een years to hounds, had been badly broken and 

 roughly handled, and she came to me Avith any- 

 thing but a promising record. She was a very 

 nervous animal, and had such a dislike to strangers 

 that she could not bear to be touched by any one 

 she did not know. Unlike my horse Tom, which 



