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necessary, but I own I should be reluctant to 

 try it. I should expect the effect of a heavy 

 fall over a fixed bar to be, that the horse 

 would for a long time be so thoroughly terri- 

 fied as to be unable to jump at all. Now 

 the pain caused by striking a heavy furze- 

 clad bar hard enough to throw it down is just 

 sufficient to rouse and startle without un- 

 nerving him, much as a hard stroke with the 

 whip or spurs might do. I therefore am in- 

 clined to think that, in any ordinary case, it 

 would be quite sufficient. 



When your horse jumps the double bar 

 quite cleverly, it is time to make him familiar 

 with different kinds of fences. Lead him 

 about the fields in a lunge, and let him 

 scramble overthem his own way. The variety 

 which he is likely to encounter in hunting is 

 not very great. Hedge and ditch, bank and 

 ditch, stone wall, timber, water and the list is 

 nearly complete. Pick out, of course, the 

 smallest specimens you can find. Your ob- 

 ject is to make him cool and clever, not 

 to show off his elasticity. Be particular, 

 above all, in giving him plenty of practice 

 over gaps, grips, blind ditches, and other such 



