100 The Art of Biding. 



Between horse and rider there must at all 

 times be perfect union and sympathy, no matter 

 whether in walking, trotting, cantering, galloping 

 or jumping, and to attain this union and sympathy 

 is to become a good horseman in the fullest 

 meaning of the expression. Every limb, every 

 muscle must be full of life and rigour ; and if the 

 reins are handled correctly and effectively the horse 

 will quickly answer to the inspiration thus con- 

 veyed to him. 



Let two riders mount, one after the other, 

 the same horse, and each walk a mile, the first 

 merely sits on his horse, and, may be, holds the 

 reins more or less tight, that horse will shuffle and 

 sprawl along, and give you the impression that he 

 is an ill-trained, ill-mannered brute. Let the 

 second rider mount him and almost instantly the 



