He'll go, he will, like a shot at last; and then he's right for the day." Hunting men will know that all this was not quite comfortable.

When you ride your own horse, and know his special defects, you know also how far that defect extends, and what real prospect you have of overcoming it.

If he be slow through the mud, you keep a good deal on the road in heavy weather, and resolve that the present is not an occasion for distinguishing yourself.

If he be bad at timber, you creep through a hedge.

If he pulls, you get as far from the crowd as may be.