io6 BREAKING AND TRAINING 



and so become accustomed to mix with other horses 

 and with hounds, say during cubbing season. 



Previous to any attempt to jump the horse, a 

 " general education " is required, a portion of the 

 subject which has already been dealt with in the 

 chapter on " Breaking and Training for the Saddle." 

 Proceeding therefore with a simple reminder of the 

 importance of thoroughness in the " education " you 

 give the animal, I shall now discuss the subsequent 

 training of the jumper. The best place in which you 

 can train a jumper is a paddock, in which a graduated 

 series of jumps have already been arranged. The 

 nearer natural conditions are approached in this 

 matter the better will be the results. Your jumps 

 should be graduated on the following scale : A foot 

 or eighteen inches is high enough for the first ; the 

 second one from two to two and a half feet high, and 

 the third three feet. In addition, these jumps should 

 all be arranged on one side of the park, with another 

 series corresponding to them erected at the other side. 



In the case of the latter you should have the hurdles 

 stuffed up with gorse, and they ought to be about the 

 same height as the other jumps, some having water in 

 front, and others bejiijid, A third set of jumps, in 



