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the young hunter should be on the long 

 rein, and you want some assistance 

 unless you have properly made schooling 

 fences, as he must on no account be 

 allowed to know that there is any possi- 

 bility whatever of refusing. One suc- 

 cessful wrong step takes no end . of 

 counteracting, and once a young horse 

 of wilful disposition gets a knowledge 

 of refusing, it takes a capable and 

 determined horseman to cure him. 



After putting knee-caps and bandages 

 on your horse, lunge him over a fixed 

 bar, putting it quite low and taking care 

 not to sicken him by going over too 

 often. Serve him the same over an 

 open ditch, and either a gorse fence or 

 small hedge. You will soon see whether 

 he is what is called a natural jumper, 

 going freely, jumping big, and seeming 

 to enjoy himself, or whether he is clumsy 



