LEAPING. 



In riding-schools, ladies who never intend to hunt, 

 are frequently taught to leap the bar. The practice is 

 certainly beneficial ; as it tends to confirm the seat, and 

 enables the rider more effectually to preserve her 

 balance, should she ever be mounted on an unsteady 

 or vicious horse. 



Leaps are taken, either standing or flying, over a 

 bar, which is so contrived as to fall, when touched by 

 the horse's feet, if he do not clear it : it is placed at a 

 short distance from the ground, at first ; and raised, by 



