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Excerpt from Observations on Riding: Addressed by an Old Man to a Lad
Springing from a bush, white garments on a clothes' line, a dog rushing out of a gateway, a pig lying in a puddle, a boy dropping off the to!) of a fence, a nurse with a perambulator, an old woman opening an umbrella, a snake gliding across the path, a man unfolding a newspaper; let another of your mottoes be semper pamtuv. Sudden springs to the side are caused by such incidents, but the man who has his grip at the knee and his balance from the loins, ready for instant change, is not moved, especially if on the look-out. A highly nervous horse cannot stand the noise of an empty coal cart coming behind him at a trot on a brick road way, and he is equally paralysed by a silent motor. He must be kept in hand on these occasions, and made to face the music: kindly but firmly. You should also see and by turn of the writs avoid stones, roots, holes, hummocks and things which a horse may stumble over. Most horses are so busy watching objects in the landscape (especially gin strange places), with the View of noting and remembering what will assist them in finding their way back, that they fail to always watch their path. But the rider should never omit to do so. He should always be the one to place the horse to a nicety, exactly where he wants him to tread.
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