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able distance apart. The wires are run through the 

 posts and terminate in weights to keep them taut, 

 which should hang low enough to allow of a certain 

 amount of play if the horse hits the wire. The top 

 strand rests on deeply-grooved pulleys on the top of 

 each post, and should also be w^eighted. The jump 

 should be low at first, and if two or three sticks are 

 twisted in and out of the strands in an upright 

 position the horse will be assisted in measuring the 

 obstacle until he comes to understand its nature. 

 I have conclusively proved that any riding horse 

 worthy of the name can be taught to jump wire. 



I strongly advocate sending young horses to the 

 covert-side a few times before even asking them 

 to follow hounds ; in this way they will more easily 

 learn to stand still and not fidget. . When entered to 

 real hunting they should be taken straight away to 

 the front and kept there if possible, to prevent their 

 being demoralized by seeing refusals in front of 

 them; this should be quite practicable if the pre- 

 liminary training has been thorough. 



Show jumping is a special business, which found 

 but little favor in England before the days of the 

 International Horse Show. It is true that jumping 



