104 SCHOOL-TRMNING FOR HORSES. 



But all this is simply to render the 

 horse willing to leap. It still remains 

 for him to be taught how to do it 

 in the best manner. 



After the horse will take the leap 

 willingly upon the lunge-line, the trainer 

 should lead him very quietly up to the 

 bar, and giving him his head, let him 

 take the leap from a slow walk. Then 

 he should be stopped as he is led up 

 to the bar, and made to jump from the 

 halt. 



After such a course the trainer 

 should stand at an end of the bar, 

 so that he may be able to detect and 

 to correct the faults the horse may 

 have in his style of leaping. 



If the horse does not bend his. fore- 

 legs closely enough, some light taps 



