TEACHING TO LEAP. Ill 



and stopped. He will then be induced 

 to rise by the play of the bit, and, 

 after he has risen as high as is neces- 

 sary, the legs of the rider should be 

 pressed in to the flanks to force the 

 action of the hind-quarters. The head 

 of the horse should be released as soon 

 as he begins to rise, and as the fore- 

 feet touch the ground the hand should 

 gently take such tension of the reins 

 as shall be necessary to re-establish 

 the equilibrium. 



The horse should be accustomed to 

 take the standing leaps without other 

 aid from the hand than the slight play 

 of the rein that carries back the forces 

 of the fore-hand. But in the leaps from 

 rapid motion the hand should establish 

 the equilibrium before the horse ap- 



