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young, ambling becomes almost natural to 

 them. 



There are various modes of teaching horses 

 to amble, but the best is with trammels, 

 tying two legs on a side, and drawing them as 

 close together as possible without endangering 

 their falling; for if the side ropes were too 

 long, the animal would attempt his natural 

 paces. The place to fix the ropes is above the 

 fetlock, behind and before, and from the mid- 

 dle of them a band is to go over the back, 

 to keep the ropes from falling too low ; but 

 this will be unnecessary if his legs be drawn 

 rather tight, as they will thus always keep the 

 side ropes on the stretch. A horse generally 

 ambles at the rate of five, six, or seven miles 

 an hour. 



There is another uncommon pace, much 

 like ambling, but considerably quicker, which 

 is called the shuffling or running trot. It is a 

 pace not to be produced by art, and is in 

 general very speedy. 



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