48 MODERN HORSEMANSHIP. 



As a rule, the snaffle bit only should be used 

 in jumping, for in the hands of an inexpert rider 

 the curb bit will, by its severity, drive the horse 

 to refuse leaping altogether. The safest form 

 in which a horse jumps is where it raises the 

 forehand and leaves the orround from the hind- 

 legs, and alights upon the fore-feet ; and the 

 greater the deliberation with which the leap is 

 taken, the more certain the horse will be to 

 jump in this manner. 



