USUAL OR INSTINCTIVE EQUITATION 



Successful training for the jump, in short, in- 

 volves not only time and moderation, economy 

 of physical and moral energy, attention to the 

 animal's wind, a light weight increased progressively 

 to the normal load to be carried, and frequent rests 

 to avoid exhaustion. Not less essential are the 

 trust of the horse in its own powers, its confidence 

 in the rider, the confidence of the rider in his horse, 

 and no undue interference with it. 



NOTE ON FIGURES OF MANEGE 



WHEN the horse is performing well at walk, trot, 

 and gallop, there is often much benefit, before 

 taking up the jump, in practicing certain of the 

 so-called figures of manege, such as the double, 

 the change of direction, the circle and figure eight, 

 the volte and half-volte. These are taken progres- 

 sively, first at the walk, then at the trot, then at the 

 gallop. 



In these movements, at the present stage of the 

 rider's progress, the horse is kept to the straight 

 line by means of the " lateral effect. " Properly, 

 however, this should be accomplished by the 

 " diagonal effect," with which the ordinary rider is 

 assumed not to be acquainted, and which he should 

 not attempt to use until he has passed through the 

 progressive training that belongs to this branch of 

 equitation. The details of these figures are, there- 

 fore, included in the chapters on the scientific 

 equitation. 



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