SURMOUNTING THE BIG DOUBLE AT PUNCHESTOWN.
And while we are on the subject of pictures, just look at that reproduction of the steeplechaser surmounting the big double at Punchestown. Often and often men out here ask me how the horses manage a double. It is so seldom that you see this form of jump negotiated in this country. Well, there is the whole thing before you. The horse in the photo—the ultimate winner, too—has landed on the top of the big double, and he is in the act of taking off for his downward journey, while his opponent, on the right, is just in the very act of gaining the top of the bank. It is all really uncommonly pretty. Look at the generous expression on the leader's countenance as he is measuring his leap in descent, and is picking the place where he is about to land. And just picture to yourself the power in the stroke which he is about to deliver with those rare hind legs of his. And please also picture in your mind the graceful sway backwards of the rider's body as the downward flight commences.
The Pastoral Review, 16 July 1915
