_Dressing_
There's no toe without a corn.
If the boot pinches--bear it.
_Breakfast_
A snack in time, saves nine.
Faint hunger never conquered tough beef-steak.
_Mounting_
You can't make a hunter out of a hired hack.
The nearer the ground the safer the seat.
_In the Field_
Take care of the hounds, but the fence may take care of itself.
Too many brooks spoil the sport.
One pair of spurs may bring a horse to the water, but twenty will not
make him jump.
It is the howl that shows the funk.
Fools break rails for wise men to go over.
Snobs and their saddles are soon parted.
_At Luncheon_
A flask in the hand is worth a cask in the vault.
Cut your sandwiches according to your stomach.
_Coming Home_
The nearer the home, the harder the seat.
_Bed-time_
It's a heavy sleep that has no turning.
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[Illustration: REALLY PLEASANT!
Six miles from home, horse dead lame, awfully tender feet, and horribly
tight boots.]
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[Illustration: "Now, if I jump it, I shall certainly fall off; and if I
dismount to open it, I shall never get on again."]
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[Illustration: This is Jones, who thought to slip down by the rail early
in the morning, and have a gallop with the fox hounds. On looking out of
the window, he finds it is a clear frosty morning. He sees a small boy
sliding--actually sliding on the pavement opposite!! and--doesn't he
hate that boy--and doesn't he say it is a beastly climate!!]
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[Illustration: NEW SPORTING DICTIONARY OF FAMILIAR LATIN PHRASES.
(1) Labour omnia vincit. (Labor overcomes everything.)]
[Illustration: (2) Ars est celare artem. "Apres vous, mademoiselle!"]
[Illustration: (3) Exeunt Omnes. (They all go off.)]
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