44: SYSTEM FOK TRAIXING CAVALRY HORSES. 



to tlie liannclies (by increasing the pressure of the 

 legs and restraining him with the reins), and, ac- 

 cording to the hand you wish to strike off to, throw 

 the weight of the horse to the opposite side ; that is, 

 if he is to lead oif with the off fore, followed by off 

 hind (or canter to the right on the circle), throw the 

 weight to his near side, principally upon the left 

 hind-leg, and thus almost fix it to the ground. This 

 is done by feeling both reins to the left, and closing 

 the right leg ; the horse's head remains placed to the 

 right, and the left leg merely prevents him from 

 throwing out his haunches. The horse's off legs are 

 thus at liberty, and the forward impulse obliges him 

 to use them ; at least he could not do otherwise with- 

 out difficulty. 



When speaking of feeling both reins to the left, 

 the horse's head bent to the right, it is not to turn the 

 horse's head to the left, but to brins^ his weisrht to 

 the near side. 



A horse may canter false, disunited with the fore 

 or disunited with the hind legs. 



Cantering to the right on a circle : 



1. If the horse leads w^itli his left fore followed by 

 his left hind leg, he is cantering false. 



2. He is " disunited with the fore," if leading with 

 the left fore followed by the right hind leg. 



3. And " disunited with the hind-legs," if leading 

 with the right fore the right hind leg remains fiu'- 

 ther back than the left one. 



