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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. VII. 



CHAP. II. 



OF LEAPING. 



Section I. — Of Leaping in general. 



Foil the practice of Leaping in the manege, 

 the moveable bar is preferable to fixed posts, 

 as by being easily removed, it leaves the 

 place free for other purposes of exercise 

 when the bar is not wanted. The bar should 

 be ten feet in length, which will admit of two 

 horses leaping abreast. It should be low at 

 first (from one to two feet) ; and never very 

 high. 



Stirrups are no security to the seat in any 

 situation on horseback ; and those who can- 

 not forbear pressing a weight in them, had 

 better, when learning to leap, have none. 



