... have seen both done. The secret of successful jumping is to give the horse his head as he rises, feel your knees against his sides firmly, rising with him as he rises and be again in your seat before his feet reach the ground. This helps him and saves both a killing jounce. I finally trained him so that as a jumper he was without a peer in our part of the army. I have had the men hold a pole fully a foot higher than my head, as I stood on the ground, and have jumped ... — War from the Inside • Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
... would not try to show off Vera's supreme accomplishment in this rattlety-banging wagon. How it did jounce over occasional stones ... — Jewel's Story Book • Clara Louise Burnham
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