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wot would not rather have a h imputation on 

 his morality than on his 'ossmanship." In fact, 

 he is sometimes rather flattered by the former. 



PACE 



Presenting a young horse at a fence for his 

 very first lesson should be done at a walk, then 

 at a trot, over the smallest possible obstacles. 

 When he shows absolute confidence, he can go 

 at a collected canter, but to get confidence in 

 himself he must always learn to jump slowly at 

 first. He can easily be taught to go faster later, 

 and if given a nice free head at a canter a young 

 horse wilPsoon learn to extend himself well over 

 ditches, etc. 



Slow jumping will teach him to jump off his 

 hocks and arch his back over a fence as a 

 hunter should do. 



STICKY FENCERS 



In approaching the fence young horses may 

 have one of \.\\o faults ; either they are inclined 

 to be sticky or to rush. If anything the former 

 is preferable and is the easier for the rider to 

 deal with. It generally means that the 

 youngster is careful and will look after himself. 

 When coming to the fence he must be driven 

 well up to his bit by the rider's legs, but on no 

 account must his mouth be interfered with 



