122 BREAKING AND TRAINING 



up closer until within a few feet. Subsequently from 

 across the pony's back. 



If he will now stand fire, repeat the lesson without 

 the twitch, and then from off his back. 



To accustom him to lie down requires much more 

 trouble, and can only be done by pulling him over a 

 number of times with a side line, or by tying up 

 a foreleg as given under the lesson on " Throwing 

 Colts." 



The Show Jumper. —It is not every hunter 

 that is capable of giving a creditable performance 

 on the show field, indeed, the style of jumping is 

 somewhat different, no matter how much agricul- 

 tural and other societies may simulate the natural 

 jump. 



For this purpose train the horse at short cantering 

 movements, and over gorse hurdles afterwards, ranging 

 from three to six feet high, without a water jump ; 

 subsequently with one. Most show jumpers " splash " 

 the ditch water, it being only the really clever ones 

 that touch neither timber nor water, more especially 

 if the jumps are close and good. 



