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trained to get over at two sorings. He should 

 alight on the embankment in the centre and make 

 his second effort without changing his footing. As 

 soon as his hind feet touch the embankment he should 

 spring again without making any appreciable pause, 

 and the impetus of his first effort will successfully 

 carry him over the second. The colt should be 

 trained to accomplish this either at a trot or a walk 

 as local circumstances demand. A fiery, hot-tempered 

 colt that will only jump such obstacles when allowed 

 to rush at them at full gallop is a most dangerous 

 animal to encounter, because, in all likelihood by 

 attempting to get over at a single bound he may 

 alight with his forelegs in the middle of the second 

 hedge and turn a somersault over it at the risk of 

 dislocating his neck and also that of his rider. 



STONE WALLS AND WIRE FENCES. 



A stone wall should be jumped at an easy canter. 

 When a horse fails to clear it he is almost certain to 

 come down and injure himself The cope-stones 

 should always be pulled off before attempting to jump 

 the wall. They are often sharp and rugged, and a 

 horse may cut his legs badly by coming in violent 

 contact with them. The stones should always be 

 pulled to the side on which the wall is jumped from. 

 If pushed over to the other side the colt may alight 

 on some of the loose sharp stones and come down 

 cutting his knees open to the bone. It is never safe 

 to attempt a high stone wall with a colt, nor indeed 



