XVIII 

 THE TROT 



Unquestionably, the trot is the 

 fashionable gait in horseback 

 riding. It is less easy for the rider 

 and for the horse than a well 

 gathered canter and it is for both 

 an artificial gait. Both horse 

 and rider need practice before the 

 gait can be performed gracefully. 

 It is in the trot that posture so 

 frequently takes on an unsightly 

 appearance; the rider should sit 

 up straight, head held high, chin 

 in, as if the world belongs to him. 



When the horse's right fore- 

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