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baurene is wide enough for a cart to pass over. The 

 horse took both walls and road in one leap, thus clearing 

 all from field to field. Although we have seen the leap, 

 we are not prepared to give heights and distances ; but 

 two walls and a road will give an idea of the nature of 



Fig. 9. — HORSE-LEAP CHUBCH. 



the feat. For practical jourposes the walls would be at 

 least three feet high and the road twelve feet wide. 



In ordinary stone-wall jumping the horse should break 

 off the same distance from the base that the wall is high 

 to insure a safe and flying leap; but in such a leap as that 

 referred to he should break off at least five feet from the 

 base of the wall to describe a segment of a circle suffi- 

 ciently high to take him over the second wall. On 



5 f I 



2 FI 



12 FI 



2 FT 



5fl 



Fig. 10.— JUMPING THE BAUEENE. 



approaching high walls and other big fences the trained 

 hunter is given to understand that a leap is before him 

 and that he is to take it. The rider in the above case 

 rode for both walls and the horse knew it. This was no 



