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>Good-bye to the season! I'm shattered

And damaged in figure and face;

But thankful to find I'm not scattered

In pieces all over the place!

[Pg 185]

HINTS TO BEGINNERS HINTS TO BEGINNERS

Good hands will often make the most confirmed refuser jump.

[Pg 186]

TRULY DELIGHTFUL TRULY DELIGHTFUL!

Galloping down the side of a field covered with mole-hills, on a weak-necked horse, with a snaffle bridle, one foot out of your stirrup, and a bit of mud in your eye!

[Pg 187]

SELF-PRESERVATION SELF-PRESERVATION

Tomlin (who has been mounted by friend.) "It's all very well to shout 'Loose your reins', but what the deuce am I to hang on to?"


Seasonable Dish for a Sportsman.—A plate o' fox-tail soup.

The Rule of the Hunting-Field.—Lex Tally-ho-nis.

Fashionable Food for Horses.—Hay à la mowed.

[Pg 189]

QUOTATIONS GONE WRONG QUOTATIONS GONE WRONG

"Life has passed

With me but roughly since I heard thee last."


Cowper.

[Pg 190]

ALL HER PLAY ALL HER PLAY

Country Gentleman (to nervous man, whom he has mounted). "By Jove, old chap, never saw the mare so fresh! Take care you ain't off!"

Nervous Man (heartily). "W—w—wish to goodness I were!"

[Pg 191]

HINTS TO BEGINNERS HINTS TO BEGINNERS

Always let your horse see that you are his master.

[Pg 192]

Mr Punch on horse THE END

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS, LONDON AND TONBRIDGE. End of Project Gutenberg's Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field, by Various
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