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which protrudes a couple of inches be- 

 yond the fence. The lower slats give 

 way easily if they are approached from 

 the side where the posts are ; if from 

 the opposite direction, they are braced 

 against the posts and offer great resist- 

 ance. 



Any fence that has wire on it should 

 be avoided if possible, unless the horse 

 has been trained to jump it. When 

 it extends along the top of a fence, 

 the horse should be made to jump a 

 post, as it is not safe to count on his 

 seeing the wire. If the fence is made 

 of strands of wire, with only a binder 

 of timber, it should be taken slowly, 

 so that the horse will not attempt to 

 crash through it, under the impression 

 that it is a single bar. 



A stone wall having a rail on top must 

 be taken in the horse's stride, for con- 

 siderable swing is required, as there is 



