I Was One Day Watching
A Good Rider, As We Were Galloping Along At A Rapid Pace,
And Thought To Myself, "Surely If The Horse Starts, You
Appear So Careless On Your Seat, You Must Fall." At This Moment,
A Male 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 with his horse.
In Chile and Peru more pains are taken with the mouth
of the horse than in La Plata, and this is evidently a
consequence of the more intricate nature of the country. In
Chile a horse is not considered perfectly broken, till he can
be brought up standing, in the midst of his full speed, on
any particular spot, - for instance, on a cloak thrown on
the ground: or, again, he will charge a wall, and rearing,
scrape the surface with his hoofs. I have seen an animal
bounding with spirit, yet merely reined by a fore-finger and
thumb, taken at full gallop across a courtyard, and then
made to wheel round the post of a veranda with great speed,
but at so equal a distance, that the rider, with outstretched
arm, all the while kept one finger rubbing the post. Then
making a demi-volte in the air, with the other arm outstretched
in a like manner, he wheeled round, with astonishing
force, in an opposite direction.
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