232 In Scarlet and Silk 



I say that ''I have tried both ways, and 

 I know." But always keep this " pasted 

 into your hat." However small the obstacle 

 is, and whether it be hurdles, or pole, or what 

 not, it has got to hQ jumped, not run through 

 or in any way knocked down. Nothing is 

 more mischievous than for a ])eginner to find 

 that he can do this. Be you very sure that 

 he will take an early opportunity of trying 

 to run through something stiff, such as a stile 

 or post and rails, in which case the horse is 

 sure to finish a poor second to the timber ! 

 After he has galloped satisfactorily over three 

 or four flights of low hurdles, you can increase 

 them to the ordinary height which he will 

 have to encounter on the race-course, and a 

 couple of good gallops over these, in the 

 company of two or three more horses to give 

 him confidence, will pretty well fit him for 

 his new business in life. 



It should be borne in mind that in a 

 hurdle race a horse must not stop to jump ; 

 neither, indeed, may he do so in a modern 

 steeplechase. He ought to gallop right up 



