4:0 SYSTEM FOE TRAINING CAVALEY HOESES. 



of the reins, and obey the pressure of the leg, bring 

 them to the half-passage, at first only a few steps be- 

 ing required of them, and take care that the horses' 

 heads and shoulders lead. After four or five lessons 

 at half-passage, proceed to the passage, and see that 

 in this as in the half-passage, the horses' heads and 

 shoulders lead, and that the men lean to the side the 

 horse is passaging to. The inward leg must be freely 

 applied in the half-passage and passage, to keep the 

 horse up to hand ; and, when any of the horses rein 

 back, halt the squad and make them dress up. 



Finish this lesson with " Circling on the Forehand," 

 ''on the Haunches," "Keining in," and "Applying the 

 Spur." 



The Horse's Paces — Walk^ Trot^ and Canter. 



In treating here of the horse's paces, no reference 

 is made in these remarks to the manner of using the 

 snafile laid down in the first part of this book ; those 

 two lessons on the snafile are merely to prepare the 

 horses to enter on their course of instruction. 



The Walk. — If a horse walks well, his action is 

 generally good ; and by bringing the principles of this 

 system into play, first at a walk, you regulate and 

 improve his other paces. 



Before moving forward, the horse should be light 

 in hand, the head brought home, the neck arched, 

 and he should stand evenly on both hind-legs. 



Close the legs and communicate a sufiicient impulse 



