BOOTS. 



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I like to protect their legs with boots or bandages. Figs. 

 114 and 115 show the kind of boots which I use. They 

 are made of strong leather, lined with thick woollen cloth. 



Jumping faults.— That dangerous fault of chancing 

 fences may be corrected by driving the horse with the long 

 reins over fences which are too stiff to take liberties with ; 



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Fig. 115.— Boots for protecting horse's legs when jumping. 



but which are not too "big." Or we may practise him 

 at liberty over them in the manner described under the 

 preceding heading. 



Jumping too sloivly. — Many horses commit this fault 

 without attempting in any way to refuse. It is generally 

 caused by the rider hanging on to the animal's head, or by 



