194 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



The system of turning horses loose into a 

 small circular course, fenced in and provided 

 with obstacles, and then making them jump with 

 a long whip, is good as far as it goes ; but 

 neither it, nor the lunging plan, has any preten- 

 sions to teaching obedience to the rein when 

 jumping, without which a safe and clever style is 

 unattainable. 



By using a circular track, the horse can be 

 taught to jump at any pace, and the nature of 

 the fences, which should never be made weak 

 enough to " chance," varied as may be desired. 

 The breaker might have three circles, each 

 containing three jumps of different kinds ; for 

 instance, a post and rails, water jump, hurdle, 

 double bank, stone wall, hedge, open ditch, ditch 

 and bank, and bank and ditch. 



Two or three lessons of this sort will be 

 sufficient to make the generality of horses clever 

 enough to carry a rider in good style. The 

 horse should then be saddled ; a man or boy put 



