LEAPING. 



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at the same time improving to jonr seat, giving it a 

 firmness under all circumstances which no amount of 

 riding on tlie highway could ever do. 



Some, horses are exceedingly fond of leaping, but the 

 majority are indifferent, though on the whole rather 

 averse to it, while a few positively will not try at all. 



A WATER JUMP. 



The first thing to be done is to get your horse to take 

 low and eas}^ leaps without repugnance. For this pur- 

 pose lay the bar you intend to use on the ground, and 

 lead him over it without looking back at him or giving 

 him any reason to suppose that you have any partic- 

 ular object in so doing. Should he object to stepping 



