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Draw in rein and then is no longer use in
quing slowly, I only have to ease the reins &
he leaps into a full run. And how that
horse can go! He seems to simply fly for he
puts every ounce of strength he has behind his
long slender legs of his. With the reins in
my left hand & my rifle in the right held
high free, I stand straight up on the stumps
like a kingph and talk to him as Ben Hur
did with his Arab horses.
There is a time & step when the antelope
are about to cross our course or when
they have begun to turn away. Then the
stop must be quick without post-gallop
trioting to delay shooting. As soon as Kurai
feels my leg tighten & a gentle pressure on the
reins, he clubs himself as tho' on springs
to stops dead with first foot traced. When
I throw myself to the ground and begin
a short about under his nose, he pays no
more attention than as tho' it was the popping
of fire crackers.
One of the most beautiful things is to
see him follow a wounded animal. He
twists & turns without a touch of the reins
& I simply quit him his head. One day a
bird ran along the ground in front of them
& went off like a bullet after it. He has
learned to follow anything that runs &
I could almost bet they find the game!