Cross country with horse and hound . u VIIIHANDS LoFC. ** Who tugged at his horse and held on to his headWith hands like a vice as if loaded with saw at one glance that he was not the kindTo blend with the horse both in body and mind. POEMS IN PINK. VIII HANDS pullers: how they are made—proper position of hands —how to hold the reins hands when jumping IY good hands is meant that sensitivenessof touch in the manipulation of the reinswhich pulls not an ounce more than is actu-ally needful. It is an axiom of the hunting-field that Pulling hands make pulling horses, or Adull hand makes a d
Cross country with horse and hound . u VIIIHANDS LoFC. ** Who tugged at his horse and held on to his headWith hands like a vice as if loaded with saw at one glance that he was not the kindTo blend with the horse both in body and mind. POEMS IN PINK. VIII HANDS pullers: how they are made—proper position of hands —how to hold the reins hands when jumping IY good hands is meant that sensitivenessof touch in the manipulation of the reinswhich pulls not an ounce more than is actu-ally needful. It is an axiom of the hunting-field that Pulling hands make pulling horses, or Adull hand makes a dull mouth. I never pull at my horses mouth, says a friend ofmine, but all my horses are pullers. I dont under-stand it. The trouble with my friend is that he is dull of he shakes hands with you he nearly crushes yourbones, yet he is entirely unconscious of doing so. I haveoften remonstrated with him, but, I fear, to no shun him rather than endure the ordeal of a gripof his unfeeling paw. Touch is a question as much for horsemen as forpianists, and almost as difficult to attain in perfectionby one as by the other. In horsemanship we canlearn from the lady rider a most valuable lesson. Her I02 Cross Country with Horse an
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