TRAINING HORSES TO JUMP 37 



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Fig. 5. SCHOOLING OVER A GATE WITHOUT WINGS 



Horses trained in this manner can be relied to jump exactly where the rider puts 

 them at the fence. There is no difficulty in training them in this way 



and he must be confident of his own prowess. 

 If schooled over fences without wings your 

 horse can be relied upon to jump exactly where 

 you put him at a fence w^hen he is out 

 hunting. Often one sees the necessity for this. 

 Only quite recently I saw a man knock down 

 two unfortunates at two consecutive fences. One 



