102 SCHOOL-TRAINING FOR HORSES. 



When the horse will cross the bar 

 without reluctance, it should be elevated 

 two or three inches each day until 

 the animal is compelled to make an 

 effort to step over it. At this height, 

 say eighteen inches, the bar may be 

 taken in the lunging circles, and the 

 horse encouraged to leap it as he 

 approaches the bar by some word or 

 sound that he understands. After his 

 first leap in the lunge, he should be 

 stopped, and by caresses be given to 

 understand that he has done well. 



In the early part of each general 

 daily lesson, for the space of a week, 

 he should be made to leap the bar 

 upon the lunge line, at the same 

 height, but not more than three or four 

 times each day ; and he should be made 



