202 ON PROGRESSION. 



The horse should have his head at hberty, 

 which will permit him to advance his shoulders, 

 and to move with greater elasticity. When a 

 horse is forced in the trot beyond his powers, or 

 does not carry himself well on his center, he is 

 apt to confuse it with a canter, viz. to trot with 

 his fore legs, and canter with his hind legs, and 

 vice versa. AVhenever this confusion occurs, 

 he should be checked instantly, for this com- 

 pound motion both reduces his speed and ren- 

 ders him more unsafe in his going. If, from 

 an upright shoulder or bad position of the fore 

 leg, the horse goes heavily before, he will be 

 liable to strike his fore feet with the toes of his 

 hind feet, and produce a disagreeable noise, 

 called Forging. This fault may be corrected 

 by throwing him more on his haunches, and 

 by attending to a proper mode of shoeing. As 

 the fault arises, in a great measure, from the fore 

 foot not being quick enough in its motion to get 

 ©ut of the way of the hind foot, it is evident 

 that this may be remedied by accelerating that 



motion. 



