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lean back, resting her shoulders on the 

 horse's quarters. Under these circum- 

 stances it is most important that her 

 right arm should guard her eyes from 

 pieces of bark or other falling parti- 

 cles. Where two fences are within a 



few feet of each other, form- 

 in-and-out 



ing an " in-and-out, the pace 



needs to be carefully regulated. If the 

 horse goes very fast, he will jump so 

 wide that he will land too close to the 

 second fence to take off as he should. 

 Therefore if he is rushing, his stride 

 must be shortened and his hind-legs 

 brought well under him. 



On the other hand, he must not go 

 so slowly that all impetus for the sec- 

 ond effort is lost, as he would then be 

 likely to refuse. It is difficult to turn 

 him in so short a space and get him 

 into his stride before he is called upon 

 to jump. 

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