200 ON PROGRESSION, 



raising the hand when he feels hkely to change 

 into a trot. A tight rein should always be 

 avoided, for if he carries his head low, it tends 

 to deaden his mouth, and to teach him a bad 

 habit of depending on the bridle for support, in 

 which case he always goes heavily and on his 

 shoulders. It is probably of some advantage to 

 use the words walk, trot, gallop, when you wish 

 your horse to enter upon any one of these 

 paces. 



THE TROT. 



In the walk, the horse moves all his legs 

 separately and in regular succession; but when 

 he is excited to accelerate his pace, he moves 

 two at once, viz. a fore and a hind leg diagon- 

 ally, by which means he passes over as much 

 ground with two motions in the trot, as he does 

 in the walk with four. 



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