* Jane Houghton Brown is ideally qualified to write this book. She is Chairman of the British Horse Society Training and Education Committee and was formerly a very successful, top level show jumper * teaching is an important part of several BHS examinations from preliminary to advanced. About 14000 people take BHS examinations every year * teaching jumping is difficult, yet has to be mastered by all teachers who wish to become qualified * with sympathetic and structured training, all riders should achieve their potential as jumpers * demand for a textbook which sets out modern techniques. Other titles are dated, do not follow the new syllabi and concentrate on teaching the horse, not the rider * demand for a practical manual for the training of both horse and rider at all levels * emphasises the importance of the relationship between the horse and rider as a key factor to success * 150 half-tone and line illustrations