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Photograph of the horse, "Landlock" clearing 7 ft. going over a jump at the Denman High Jump competition in Sydney, Australia and setting a record in April 1914.

Newspaper photograph of a horse and rider suffering a bad fall 'at the first jump in a jumping competition' in Melbourne (Australia) Horse Show in 1922. Fortunately both the rider and the horse were unhurt and completed the race. The image shows the rider lying on the ground in front of the log jump with the horse suspended in mid-air.

Photographs of horses jumping over fences to demonstrate the technique in the early 20th century. The upper image, 'Fig. 9 - Rising to the Jump' depicts the 'famous jumper "Heatherbloom", owned by Mr. Willets', jumping over a high fence; while the lower image, 'Fig. 8 - Landing from the Jump' shows the 'enormous strain put on the modified central fingers of the fore limb' of the horse as it lands from a jump.

Photograph of Helen McLanahan of Washington, DC, 'taking the fence in perfect style at the National Capitol Horse Show' in the early/mid 20th century.

Photographs of riders jumping horses at agricultural shows in the early 20th century. The top photograph shows, 'Mr. C. A. Brown's Old Sport clearing the gate gallantly at Henley and District Agricultural Show'; and the bottom photograph shows, 'Miss Ormond on Georgette at the water jump, Newbury and District Agricultural Show, which provided a full programme of good sport.'

Photograph from the Saturday, 11 September 1920 edition of the Daily Mirror, entitled 'How To Go Over the Top" showing 'John Coleman's grey gelding, "The Tetrarch", well over the top rail when taking a jump at the Royal and Central Bucks Agriculture Show, Aylesbury."

Photograph of police Sergeant P.S. Thorp on a horse jumping over a gate during the Metropolitan Police mounted branch sports at Wanstead. Sergeant Thorp was the winner of the individual jumping competition on 21 May, 1921.

Photograph of Mrs Livingstone's grey mare in mid leap over a gate during the jumping competition at Rotherfield House Show in 1922.