Note 68 — RIDING.
Reading edition
In road riding, the rule of taking the right hand of all you pass is well known; but there are some exceptions, which are thus noticed by Mr. Bunbury, in his ironical style:—
“In riding the road, should a man on horseback be in your way leading another horse, always dash by the led one; you might otherwise set the man’s horse capering, and perhaps throw him off; and you can get but a kick or two by observing my instructions.—In passing a waggon, or any tremendous equipage, should it run pretty near a bank, and there be but a ditch, and an open country on the other side, if you are on business, and in a hurry, dash up the bank without hesitation; for, should you take the other side, and the horse shy at the carriage, you may be carried many hundred yards out of your road; whereas, by a little effort of courage, you need only graze the wheel, fly up the bank, and by slipping or tumbling down into the road again, go little or nothing out of your way.”