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preceding section), except that he need not be taught to 

 jump, and his paces should be confined to the walk, canter, 

 and gallop. He should be practised at starting off into 

 full gallop and halting as quickly as possible. He should 

 be taught to carry his head high, and to avoid going up 

 to his bridle, so that he can be halted and turned in a 

 moment, when required. He ought to have a good deal of 

 work with the long reins and at passaging, so as to prevent 

 him from acquiring the habit of shying off the ball by 

 yielding his head and neck to the rein without altering the 

 direction of his body. He should, of course, be taught to 

 disregard the polo stick being flourished about him, which 

 we can do by using the rope twitch and the word " steady " 

 (see page 120), or the head and tail method (see page 155). 

 I may mention that the subject of breaking in and training 

 polo ponies is fully discussed in Capt. E. D. Miller's recent 

 work, Modern Polo, which I have edited. 



THE PARK HACK. 



A course of school training will greatly add to the bril- 

 liancy of this animal, in whom we require particularly 

 springy and showy action without any of the exaggerated 

 knee action of the hackney. The body of the park hack 

 should be accurately placed in the line of progression, out 

 of which we should not deviate during movement. The 

 showy walk (which should approach the French passage) 

 and the well-collected and brilliant canter are more his paces 

 than the trot. 



THE FASHIONABLE HARNESS HORSE. 



The " extravagantly " high trot is the special pace of 

 this animal. Although it should be as lofty as possible, 

 it must be free from " dishing " (turning either or both of 



