Cross country with horse and hound . would not have persisted all these years. It islike billiards, or fencing: you never do so well at eitherbut that you know you might have done better. Let not the novice be discouraged, however; the bestthat the best can do is to set before himself a standard ofperfection, and work and delve and strive to attain it. Thegame is pursued with increasing interest only by the menwho strive in this persistent way to master it. 114 Cross Country with Horse and Hound As to holding the reins in the hand or hands, there arenumerous ways. Two of these ways, at least,
Cross country with horse and hound . would not have persisted all these years. It islike billiards, or fencing: you never do so well at eitherbut that you know you might have done better. Let not the novice be discouraged, however; the bestthat the best can do is to set before himself a standard ofperfection, and work and delve and strive to attain it. Thegame is pursued with increasing interest only by the menwho strive in this persistent way to master it. 114 Cross Country with Horse and Hound As to holding the reins in the hand or hands, there arenumerous ways. Two of these ways, at least, are good, andboth have strong advocates. The proper way of holdingsingle and double reins is shown on the facing page. Theway to carry the crop, and the way of changing reins fromtwo hands to one are also shown. In handling the fourreins in one hand the curb-reins are in the middle, the off orright-hand rein under the forefinger, the nigh or left-handrein under the little finger. They are thus easily sorted,shortened, or 3 °- .S E O ^;5 Q 5 c 5b 5b ?-5 X — o c o•v5 Q IX JUMPING FENCES, DITCHES, AND WATER ** But where was the gemman in pink Who swore at his tail we should look ?Not in the next parish, I he never got over the brook. HUNTING SONG
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