TEACHING TO LEAP. 108 



to understand after each leap that his 

 effort has met with approval. 



The bar may then be raised by 

 degrees, two or three inches each day, 

 until it is about three feet from the 

 ground, and the horse should be made 

 to leap it a few times during each 

 lesson. During these exercises pieces 

 of horse- clothing and highly coloured 

 rugs, with which the horse has become 

 accustomed, should be placed near the 

 bar ; and, after the horse has passed 

 them in his lunging circles without 

 paying attention to them, they should 

 be put upon the bar for him to leap. 

 In this way he may be taught to 

 jump anything that presents itself, no 

 matter in how questionable a shape it 

 comes. 



