130 HOW WOMEN SHOULD RIDE 



rider is determined to go, and has no 

 misgivings, the horse is sure to be in- 

 spired with the same confidence. 



Having once put him at a panel, she 

 should avoid changing her mind with- 

 out good reason, as her uncertainty will 

 be imparted to him. A fence such as 

 described is jumped just as are the 

 bars in the ring ; safely over it, the 

 next obstacle must be examined. 



If it be a stone wall, it may often be 



taken in one of two places — either where 



it is high and even, or where it is 

 Stone Wall 



lower and wide, because of the 



stones which have fallen from the top. 



In the first instance it should be jumped 



in a collected manner, but at a slower 



pace than the second requires. At the 



latter some speed is necessary, as the 



horse must jump wide enough to avoid 



the rolling stones on both sides. 



Few riders remember that it is as irn- 



