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horse change at a canter by the movement of the 

 body; the use of the body as a pivot in turning 

 (see ''Distribution of the Rider's Weight"). 



Figure-of-eight at a canter. 



One-handed riding (see " Use and Misuse of the 

 Hands"). 



Riding over broken ground and up and down hill. 



Pupils who are sufficiently advanced to be 

 allowed spurs and a double bridle. 



Jumping (over single and double obstacles) of a 

 height suitable to the pupil's progress. 



As before mentioned, properly-trained horses are 

 a great advantage, but good results can be obtained 

 on badly-trained Ones. 



In 1907 I experimented with a class of Horse 

 Artillery trumpeters ; they went through a course of 

 forty lessons similar to those above, but they also 

 had thirty lessons on the dummy horse. At the end 

 of the course they could — 



Jump a bushed gorse fence 3 ft. 9 in. high and 

 3 ft. 4 in. broad, with and without reins or stirrups ; 



Jump an in-and-out 3 ft. 9 in. high and i ft. 6 iri. 

 broad ; 



