The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



courage, makes him work intelligently, and 

 helps the idea that he is being allowed to jump 

 as a treat and favour to himseK. One of the 

 best ways of starting this idea and of beginning 

 jumping, is to put him on the grass side of a 

 road, and, when he knows he is on the way 

 home, to let him, at a walking pace, take the 

 little drainage channels, at his own speed and 

 in his own way. He will probably at first try 

 to take them in his stride. Let him do so. 

 It will teach him to accommodate his stride 

 to the inequalities of their occurrence and size. 

 In a little while give him a tap with your 

 riding whip, just as he arrives at each, and he 

 will hop over them with a baby jump. Don't 

 use the reins except to keep him on the grass. 

 Let him do everjrthing in his own way and 

 time. It will amuse him, and he is learning all 

 the time. He will gradually learn that your 

 mind is, as a matter of fact, controlhng his ; 

 for from time to time you correct his faults. 

 As his own judgment improves, he recognises 

 certain things to have been faults, and respects 

 yours. It is in this way that your old hunter 

 acquired his great confidence in you, and him- 

 self played up to your judgment of things. 

 After Disciple has played with these httle 

 drains for a while, tell him to '* trot," and to 

 " jump " as he goes over them. He will soon 

 do it quite nicely at the trot, checking himself 

 appropriately in his stride. He will soon 



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