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couragement when he next makes a clean jump, 

 will be more effective than all the floggings you 

 could give him. 



Forbearance and patience, combined with in- 

 genuity, will frequently do more toward accom- 

 plishing your end than all the punishment you 

 can bestow upon him. Remember, a highly bred 

 horse is constitutionally nervous, his greatest 

 weakness is fear, which can be largely overcome 

 or minimized by obtaining, and never abusing, 

 his confidence. 



In earlier training have good stiff bars which 

 will not yield upon contact, but which will hurt 

 or throw a careless or indifferent jumper. Later 

 on, in high jumps, lighter rails may be substi- 

 tuted where there is actual danger from a fall, 

 but even this is doubtful policy. 



Do not worry or fret him by too frequent 

 repetitions at any one time, especially to the ex- 

 tent of fatigue or soreness, for both quickly re- 

 sult when you have reached the point of high 

 jumping. Should he become "bucked" stop all 

 training until soreness is apparent. Give him 

 a little breathing spell between jumps and let 

 him walk quietly up to and past the obstacle 

 several times. 



The main thing one has to guard against is 



to prevent him from increasing his speed and 



rushing his jumps. He must be taught to shorten 



his stride the same as a man does in collecting 



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