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It will have occurred to you that anyone mounting a horse in that leapfrog fashion was trusting a great deal to the good nature of the horse. Just in case you should ever want to try it, I will tell you how to insure against getting kicked. You must get someone else to lift one of the horse's forefeet into the air and hold it there, as a blacksmith would in fitting a shoe. As long as that forefoot is off the ground the horse will not kick with his hind ones. The horses I tried to jump on must have had their patience worn pretty thin, but they did not kick.