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themselves ; therefore, if by bad luck you buy such 

 an one, sell him on the first opportunity. 



With the very large majority of horses, however, 

 pulling is a case of being pulled at, in other words 

 of "hands." 



Every opportunity should be taken of riding the 

 horse on parade, it will make him handy, and, by 

 rendering him " Quiet with troops," will increase 

 his value. 



It is an excellent plan for those subalterns who 

 have horses, to do " Mounted Officers" on Adjutant's 

 parades, it makes them take more interest in mere 

 drill, gives them a wider point of view, and enables 

 them to see the mistakes of others, than which there 

 are few better things for making an observant man 

 learn his work. Moreover, the young idea should 

 look upon all this as a stepping-stone to becoming 

 Adjutant himself, which should be the ambition of 

 all young soldiers. In addition to going on 

 Adjutant's parades, opportunities may offer of 

 being a galloper on field days, route marches, 

 etc.; these should all be taken and made the 

 best use of. 



As well as lessons for the Real,^ lessons necessary 

 for the " image " may also be learnt during the 

 summer. 



Two of these are opening a gate and cracking 

 a whip. Both sound very simple, yet it is wonderful 



^ No apology is made to Mr. Rudyard Kipling, because this 

 was written before his excellent book, A Fleet in Being, appeared. 



