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CHAP. XXVIII. 



ON AMBLING, AND THE SHUFFLING OR 

 RUNNING TROT. 



AMBLING is a pace which may be some- 

 times natural, but is more frequently the effect 

 of art. In ambling, a horse moves two feet on 

 the same side at the same time, or at least 

 moves them nearer at the same time than in 

 the walk. "When a horse ambles naturally he 

 does it best, and it is a pace which is very easy 

 to the rider; but the artificial amble is not so 

 pleasant, and all his other paces are much in- 

 jured by it. Galloways and ponies amble 

 more frequently than larger horses, in conse- 

 quence of' the manner in which they are 

 fastened on commons or mountains to prevent 

 their breaking into corn fields or meadows, 

 or from running away. They are usually tied 

 two legs on a side with a rope or fetters, which 

 obliges them to move both their feet at the 

 same time. If they are thus fastened when 



