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not to pull or check him whll 

 performing his leap, v/hicli may bring him 

 down before he reaches the opposite side. This- 

 leap is performed on that motion called the 

 demi-volte, v/hich^ as well as the other artifi- 

 cial motions, has been before described. 



A rising leap is over a bar, gate, or other 

 fixed fence, and which a horse, on account of 

 its height, cannot accompUsh, unless he is put 

 a good deal on his mettle, and brought to it on 

 a slow, steady gallop. He must be rode up 

 to it coolly, and m.ust choose his own distance, 

 which, when accustomed to leap, he can do 

 better than his rider. In this leap, the horse 

 brings both his fore feet close together, throv/s 

 himself on his haunches, and springs, by the 

 assistance of his hind legs, into the air, with 

 his fore legs bent in towaids his belly, and 

 when at the height of Lis leap, he throws up 

 his hind legs in like manner, strikes them out 

 straight and forcibly behind him, and alights 

 on the opposite side with his feet close together, 

 in the sime manner as he rose. The rider 

 must bend tor ward, at the same time sustain- 

 ing his horse's head with the bridle, but not 

 checldng him, and accommodating his body to 



