88 HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP 



insure that he gets his horse to take off on a spot 

 which (in very high jumping) can be measured in 

 inches. 



This is where the difficulty comes in. The 

 horse can jump it, we all know, provided the fence 

 is presented to him in the proper way, and we can 

 only insure our being able to do this if he has 



Rail 



A — B 





Rail 



A-B 

 Diagram IX 



been most carefully trained beforehand. We must 

 have our horse so obedient to the leg and rein, as 

 to be able to get him to place his feet upon any 

 selected spot — a daisy, for example. Canter him 

 about a paddock, and do not feel satisfied until 

 you can get him to place his forefeet close to that 

 daisy every time. Until wt can do this we can 

 never be sure of " putting " him with any accuracy 

 at a fence of any real size. 



