Further Training 267 



On the European Continent great stress is laid 

 on the physical training of the horse, for the pur- 

 pose of ensuring all-round and even muscular devel- 

 opment. Without question the principle is sound, 

 and the trainer should carry it out by systematic- 

 ally practising circles, turns, passaging, and reining- 

 back, as soon as his charge is sufficiently advanced. 

 No lesson should be abandoned because it is learnt. 

 Jumping, either at liberty or mounted, is the best 

 possible exercise for all-round physical develop- 

 ment. 



ment. Some of the jumps should be broad, in 

 order to oblige the horse to use his shoulders freely. 

 If he does nothing but collected work and high jump- 

 ing he is likely to lose his full powers of extension, 

 however much these may have been developed in 

 the early stages of his education. 



