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to practise high school riding (see Chapter IX.), she will 

 have to ride with as long a stirrup leather as a man. The 

 whip, which may have a spur attachment on it, performs 

 on^the off side the duty of a spur. 



THE CAVALRY HORSE. 



As the work of the trooper has often to be carried out 

 under rough conditions which demand the cleverness of 

 the hunter more than the precision of the school horse, I 

 would advise that, although his education should comprise 

 the course laid down in Chapter IX., with the exception of 

 the " Additional School Movements " (see page 282), he 

 should also be taught to turn on his centre by the pull of 

 the rein without the pressure of the leg, and to make the 

 necessary changes at the canter, of his own accord, without 

 the signal from the rider's heel (see page 229). Thanks to 

 the admirable memory of the horse, it is easy to teach him 

 both systems. He should also be taught to jump well, and 

 for that reason should be thoroughly broken to the snaffle 

 before using the curb. As the cavalry soldier in action will 

 have his right hand occupied with his sword or lance ; per- 

 fection in one-handed riding should, above all things, be 

 demanded from his horse, which, being obliged at times to 

 cross a " difficult " country, will be all the better for know- 

 ing the direct indications of the two-handed system of rid- 

 ing, as well as the reversed ones of the one-handed style. 

 In this there need be no chance of confusing the horse, 

 which is fully capable of correctly answering direct and 

 reversed indications, as we may any day see in the case 

 of young horses ridden in a halter without a bit and with 

 a single rope as a substitute for the reins. In teaching a 

 horse to obey the indications of the reins held in one hand, 

 we may begin by taking a rein in each hand, and then pro- 



