10 RIDING TO HOUNDS 



wards is naturally more dangerous than a 

 straight one or one curving downward, as 

 it heightens the jump by just so much 

 and is apt to deceive your horse when 

 gauging his jump by the average top line 

 of the fence. 



Some of the worst accidents occur over 

 fallen or low fences. Be sure that your 

 horse sees these and realizes the necessity 

 of jumping them instead of attempting 



Picket to step through them. 



ences Picket fences are dangerous because the 



light on them is often tricky and their top 

 line being irregular, your horse cannot 

 easily fix his attention on it. 



Stone walls are not as difficult as they 

 look. They are seldom as high as wooden 

 fences. Being solid, they are easily seen, 

 and your horse can have no illusions as to 

 breaking through. If he has once rapped 



Stone Walls one, he seldom does it again. The danger 



of stone walls does not lie in their height 



or solidit}^ but in the fact that you are 



unable to see what is on the further side. 



No special care is needed in jmnping 



