192 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



the horse has learned to jump with the outward 

 rein low down, he should be taught to do so 

 with it resting on the pad ; as it will then be, 

 more or less, in the position it will occupy, when 

 held by the rider. 



By teaching a horse in an enclosure, he will 

 be free from outside disturbing influences, and, 

 having become accustomed to go round the track, 

 will the more readily jump any obstacle placed 

 across it. 



By this method, hoi:ses may quickly learn to 

 jump, and not alone to clear the obstacle, but 

 also to negotiate it in the exact style they are 

 required to do, when a man is on their back. 

 The more horses are practised in this manner, 

 the more they appear to like jumping, and very 

 rarely exhibit, as they will do with a rider, any 

 dislike to the work, from numerous repetitions, 

 backwards and forwards, over the same fence. 



The old plan of teaching a horse to jump by 

 leading him over fences with a cavesson and one 



