wise and alternately. This is the true position 

 of the legs and the action of a regular trot. 



A horse may perform the trot in a variety of 

 v/ays. The first is. the extended trot, namely, 

 when a horse is pressed forward at his full 

 speed in this pace. From this, v/hich is the 

 foundation of the trot, we proceed to the sup- 

 ple trot. When a horse is put forward on the 

 extended trot, you check him gradually, and 

 instead of permitting him to put his feet as far 

 forward as he possibly can, ycu oblige him to 

 put them down more under him, to contract 

 his body more, and to spring and play more 

 on the pasterns. The next is the even or 

 jog trot, in which he puts his hind feet down 

 about half way from where they stood toward 

 the fore feet, and continues so in a regular and 

 even pace. In the extended trot you permit a 

 horse to go forward with his whole spirit and 

 fire; in the supple you check and constrain 

 him in his speed, causing him to display his 

 action and spirit, not in going forward, but in 

 springing and playing on his pasterns and other 

 joints; and in the even or equal trot, you suf- 

 fer his spirit to cool and abate, and to proceed 

 with an even pace» 



