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9. Changing the leg in the canter every third, second 

 and first step. 



10. The Spanish trot. 



11. The Spanish trot or Passage from Spanish walk. 



12. The Spanish trot or Passage from ordinary trot. 

 It may be now asked what are the lessons derived 



from High School riding which are of assistance in 

 ordinary horsemanship, and I think the answer is that 

 every lesson is of usCj as the only difference in the two 

 forms of riding is one of degree in collection and develop- 

 ment ; the indications of the hands and legs are the same, 

 whether it is desired to assist the High School paces, or 

 merely to develop ordinary paces to their utmost for 

 show purposes, or to improve the muscular development 

 and the balance of hacks or hunters. 



In every kind of riding it is necessary to first press the 

 hind legs under the horse's body with the legs, and then 

 to raise his neck, and place him with the hands, whilst 

 at the same time maintaining the animation with the 

 legs and spurs. 



Neither hand nor leg should be used without a 

 definite object, and only that leg or hand should be 

 used which at the moment is helpful to the horse's 

 natural movement ; a hand or leg applied at the wrong 

 moment is an irritant or a punishment, not an aid. 

 Suppleness and non-contraction of the muscles is as 

 necessary in the rider as in the horse. 



High School riding, in fact, raises many problems, the 

 satisfactory solution of which is of assistance in tackling 

 many of the difficulties of life generally, and one also 

 learns accuracy of observation, to consider differences 

 in temperament and adaptability, patience, and that 

 effective gentleness which arises from the opportune 

 employment of suggestion, and finally that the right 



