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your Beat you must fall. At this moment an ostrich sprang 

 from its nest right beneath the horse's nose; the young colt 

 bounded on one side like a stag ; but as for the man, all that 

 could be said was, that he started and took fright as part of 

 the horse." Another instance of the perfect command the 

 Guacho has over his steed, is to be found in the story of a cattle- 

 owner, who riding home at night was overtaken and attacked 

 by two mounted and armed Mghway robbers. The two men 

 drew their swords and pursued the cattle-owner. He urged 

 his steed and tiiey theirs, till the two were going at a pace that 

 would have carried off the " blue riband " from any number of 

 Epsom competitors. When, however, the two thieves had 

 nearly overtaken the wily Guacho, he suddenly pulled in his 

 horse and instantly it was still as stone, while the other two, 

 unprepared for the ruse, shot past like lightning ; in a moment 

 the cattle-owner set his horse at a gallop, and approaching his 

 attackers, buried his knife in the back of one and mortally 

 stabbed the other. I think, after the narration of these two or 

 three episodes of sava^ horsemanship, that the reader will 

 agree with me that Eotten Bow has no chance against it. 



