78 CAVALRY HORSEMANSHIP 



horses calmer than work in a square enclosure, as 

 they can be allowed to take several consecutive 

 turns. 



The enclosure should be made on a piece of ground 

 measuring 45 by 25 yards. It is composed of two 

 tracks j^laced side by side, each one formed of two 

 straight parts joined by a suitably rounded turn. 

 Each track measures from 3 to 4 yards in width. 

 The three palings which separate the tracks are, for 

 instance, the interior one about 5 feet high, and the 

 exterior one 6 feet high. On the straight portions 

 are arranged jumps of various kinds, so made that 

 they can be negotiated both ways. The inner track, 

 reserved especially for teaching high jumping, only 

 contains obstacles which can be raised or lowered 

 according to the capability of the horse. The outer 

 track, intended to make the horses clever across 

 country, has fixed jumps rather more formidable 

 than those the rider is called on to jump when riding 

 over a country, banks of various sizes, ditches, and 

 water jumps, etc. 



The instructor stands in the centre of the en- 

 closure and directs the horse's work with the voice 

 and whip (c/. " Dressage en libcrte du cheval 

 d'obstacles," by Comte Louis d'Havrcncourt). 



Jumping mounted. — When the horses jumj) 

 cleverly and without hesitation, they should be 

 mounted and jumped over some small obstacles, 

 preceded by a clever old horse, the riders taking care 

 to give the horses the free use of their necks, holding 

 on by the pommel of the saddle if necessary. 



Stable management. — The care of the young horses' 

 health should be a subject of continual thought on the 

 part of the ollicer in charge. 



