78 TRAINING YOUNG 



learn to jump slowly and with only a short 

 run, to balance himself, to get his weight 

 forward when required, and to raise his hind- 

 quarters. 



A standing martingale may often be found 

 useful in training a show jumper that is 

 inclined to jump with his head too high. 

 He will soon learn to correct this fault, if the 

 rider assists him by getting his own weight 

 forward and giving complete liberty of rein 

 when the horse is actually jumping. The rider 

 will often find it necessary to exaggerate both 

 these actions with a horse that appears to jump 

 with his weight too far back, as the whole of 

 show jumping for man and horse is an exagge- 

 rated effort. 



The horse that rides with too much of his 

 weight in front is more likely to raise his 

 hind-quarters, but perhaps not his forehand, 

 sufficiently. If he can be given one or two 

 falls free he will soon learn that solid fences 

 are not to be trifled with. If this treatment 

 has little eff"ect on him, and he continues to 

 knock the fences with his fore-legs, the chances 

 are that he is not worth training as a show 

 jumper, provided always, of course, that he has 

 had a fair chance, starting over small obstacles 

 at slow paces at the commencement. Remember 



