the field. The action being the same as that of 

 the canter, excepting being more extended and 

 quicker, nothing further need be said in this place. 



A lady's horse must be perfectly steadj^, and 

 thoroughly trained, before she attempts to put him 

 to a leap, Leaping is beneficial, as it tends to 

 confirm the seat, and enables the rider more efiec- 

 tually to preserve her balance, should she ever be 

 mounted upon an unstead}^, or vicious horse. 



The skill in leaping consists principally, in the 

 rider's own accute anticipation of the horses spring, 

 and in participating in his movements, going over 

 with him, as a part of the horse's-self ; she must 

 not, by being late, and hanging back, have to be 

 jerked forward by the spring ; which operating at 

 an angle of the person, pitches the rider over the 

 horse's head, before the animal's fore-quarters 

 reach the ground. 



Preparatory to the leap, the rider should take 

 up the snaffle rein, and slacken the curb ; because 

 the snaffle acting in the corners of the horse's 

 mouth, lifts up his head, and allows him more 

 freedom, whereas the curb-bit acting lower down 

 in the mouth, tends to draw the head and chin in- 

 wards, towards the breast, and restrains his power 

 of extension . 



