TEACHING TO LEAP. 189 



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 with the 

 whip upon the shins as he rises will cure 

 the habit ; and a few touches of the whip 

 upon the outside of the hind-legs below 

 the hocks will induce him to gather his 

 hind-legs well under him. 



The leading-rein should hold him well 

 under control as he approaches the bar at 

 a w^alk, or stands ready to leap ; but he 

 should have full liberty of his head as he 

 rises, and until he has regained his footing 

 on the other side. In this way he not 

 only learns how to gather himself for his 

 leap, but he must alight properly, and not 



