240 GUIDANCE AND CONTROL. 



TO CHANGE FROM ONE PACE INTO ANOTHER. 

 Changing from the canter into the gallop, and from the 

 gallop into the canter is merely a question of respectively 

 increasing and diminishing speed. On page 231 I have con- 

 sidered the change into the trot from other paces, and on 

 page 236 the respective changes from the trot and walk 

 into the canter. The other changes need no special mention. 



TO TURN A HORSE AT THE HALT. 



Turning at the halt may be divided into turning on the 

 fore-hand, centre, and hind quarters. To turn the horse 

 on his fore-hand at the halt, say, to the right, we should 

 depress the right hand and keep it well away from the 

 shoulder (Fig. 198), so as to give the indication of pulling the 

 head round as clearly as possible. As the flexibility of the 

 neck increases in proportion to its distance from the withers, 

 the left hand should be carried somewhat to the right and 

 raised (Fig. 199), so as to aid in preserving the bend of the 

 neck. We should lean a little forward in the saddle to 

 lighten the hind quarters, and a little to the right so as to 

 help in fixing the off fore ; and should bring the hind 

 quarters round by the application of the drawn-back right 

 foot, or whip (Fig. 28), in the event of the animal not being 

 well trained. The pivot in this turn is the inward fore leg. 

 In the turn on the centre, the fore and hind feet describe arcs 

 of the same circle. 



To turn a horse on his hind quarters at the halt is a some- 

 what difficult school movement, which does not come within 

 the province of ordinary riding. 



TO TURN A HORSE DURING MOVEMENT. 

 To explain the principles which should guide us in 

 turning a horse at the canter or gallop I cannot do better 



