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over the impediment, which catches it, however, 

 inside the hocks, so that, balancing for a moment, 

 it comes heavily on its nose. During these 

 evolutions, B sits motionless in the saddle, giving 

 the animal complete liberty of rein. An instinct 

 of self-preservation and a good pair of shoulders 

 turn the scale at the last moment, and although 

 there is no denying they " had a squeak for it " 

 in the scramble, B and his horse come off without 

 a fall. 



Now it was pluck that took both these riders 

 into the difficulty, but nerve that extricated one 

 of them without defeat. 



I am not old enough to have seen the famous 

 Mr. Assheton Smith in the hunting-field, but 

 many of my early Leicestershire friends could 

 remember him perfectly at his best, when he 

 hunted that fine and formidable country, with the 

 avowed determination, daily carried out, of going 

 into every field with his hounds I 



The expenditure of valour, for it really deserves 

 the name, necessary to carry out such a style of 

 riding can only be appreciated by those who have 

 tried to keep in a good place during thirty or 

 forty minutes, over any part of the Ouorn and 

 Cottesmore counties lying within six miles of 

 Billesdon. Where should we be but for the 

 gates ? I think I may answer, neither there nor 

 thereabouts ! I have reason to believe the many 



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