The system of Arabia and Australia are the two extremes

The system of Arabia and Australia are the two extremes

The system of Arabia and Australia are the two extremes

The system of Arabia and Australia are the two extremes. In Australia, where the people are always in a hurry, the usual mode of breaking in the bush horses is to ride them quiet; that is, to let the man fight it out with the horse until the latter gives in; for the time, at any rate. The result is, that nine-tenths of the Australian horses are vicious, and especially given to the trick of buck-jumping. This vile vice consists in a succession of leaps from all-fours, the beast descending with the back arched, the limbs rigid, and the head as low down between the legs as possible. Not one horseman in a hundred can sit three jumps of a confirmed buck-jumper. Charles Barter, who was one of the hardest riders in the Heythrope Hunt, in his Six Months in Natal, says, when my horse began buck-jumping I dismounted, and I recommend every one under the same circumstances to do the same.