TRAINING 99 



the increase and decrease of speed, the halts, the zigzag 

 Hne, the serpentine, the circle, the half-turn on the 

 hindquarters and forehand more and more closely- 

 carried out, the gallop leading Avith the wrong leg for 

 the turn, and the rein-back. 



(a) The increase and decrease of speed. — This work 

 comprises the following exercises : — 



Being at the walk : first moderate and then increase 

 the pace. At the trot also, pass from the slow cadenced 

 trot to the fast trot, and vice versa. 



When standing still : start into the walk, halt, 

 walk fast, and then again halt. 



When walking break into the extended trot, and 

 then halt. 



It also comprises the start into the canter from the 

 trot, walk, canter, halt, and rein-back ; the change 

 from the gallop to the trot, w^alk and halt, and the 

 increase and decrease of the speed of the gallop. 



The horses have learned, whilst being broken, to 

 answer to the hand by decreasing the pace, and to the 

 legs by increasing it. The rider returns to, and 

 insists on this lesson, until the horse slackens his speed 

 without the least movement of the head to indicate 

 resistance to the hand, and increases his speed without 

 the slightest hesitation. Every time that a horse 

 fights against the hand, when being checked in the 

 fast paces, he should be put back to the walk, and be 

 made to increase and decrease his speed. When once 

 obedience has been obtained, the rider studies the way 

 in which the movements are made : the hind legs are 

 brought under the body when reducing the pace, and 

 the hocks and loins are stretched out when the speed 

 is increased. This is attained by alternately increasing 

 and decreasing the pace at shorter intervals. 



