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first prerequisites in a horse that is to clear an obstacle properly are conformation, strength, and energy. Any horse, when free, will jump anything if frightened or pursued. But it has to be trained to jump at the rider's will and under his weight.

For this there are various methods, of which the following has proved by experience to be the best.

A bar of wood or a low hurdle is placed on the ground, and the horse, led by a man holding the longe of the cavesson, and maintained always in a state of perfect calm and docility, is habituated to