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as the horse jumps the fence. First of all the 

 horse must be taught to go kindly on either 

 circle in the long reins. When the trainer 

 finds the horse has settled down quietly, for 

 example on a left-handed circle, he will manipu- 

 late the reins so as to bring himself (the centre 

 of the circle) to the position X. When he is 

 standing at this point, the horse moving on the 

 left-handed circle must cross the line AB. It 

 is best to start the practice at a walk and let the 

 first obstacle the horse encounters be a pole on 

 the ground or something of that nature. 

 The long reins may be on the noseband, but if 

 the horse gets out of control it will be best to 

 put the reins on the snaffle rings with the outer 

 rein over the horse's neck. In any case it will 

 be wise to drive him over in this manner when 

 he has learned to jump w^ell with the reins on 

 the nose-band. It is advisable to reverse the 

 wing and make the horse jump whilst circling 

 to the right as well as to the left. This will 

 teach him to jump with equal facility with 

 whichever leg he is leading at a canter. His 

 efforts must be liberally rewarded. 



A FREE LANE OR MANEGE 



A third method is jumping entirely free in a 



lane. Personally I dislike using the straight 



