246 JUMPING. 



company, and should be careful not to interfere with the 

 animal's mouth. 



Putting too much weight on the forehand when jumping. 

 This may be corrected by using a bearing rein (see page 

 169) when practising the horse over jumps with the long 

 reins, or at liberty (see page 243). 



Putting too much weight on the hind legs when landing. 

 As far as my experience goes, this fault is induced in 

 sound horses only by the use of a severe bit, or by the 

 severe use of an ordinary bit. It may be corrected by 

 mouthing lessons with the long reins, by the use of the 

 standing martingale, and by removal of the cause. 



With respect to refusing and running out at fences, see 

 page 317. 



To break a horse of rushing at his fences, we should put 

 him through the course of instruction recommended for 

 pulling (see page 304), and should give him plenty of 

 practice over stiff fences with the long reins, so as to make 

 him regulate his pace without showing any impatience. 



THE HUNTER. 



Special attention should be paid to giving the hunter 

 a good mouth and making him temperate, so that he may 

 use his powers to the best advantage, and avoid bringing 

 either himself or his rider to grief. To meet the various 

 conditions in which he may be placed out hunting, es- 

 pecially in a large field and in a difficult country, he ought 

 to be taught to take his fences faultlessly, either fast or 

 slow as his rider wishes, and equally well with or without 

 a lead. He ought to be capable of being quickly stopped 

 or readily turned, even when going at a jump, and to 

 bear such a disappointment without his courage being 

 thereby affected. This valuable attention to his rider's 



