100 CAVALRY HORSEMANSHIP 



This result obtained, the rider will demand more 

 decided variations in the speed, and will bring his 

 horse to the dead halt in the fast paces. 



In this work, which consists in balancing the horse 

 between the hand and legs, it is essential that these 

 two aids should not act together. The horse when 

 slackening his speed should reduce pace without 

 raising his action ; and on feeling the pressure of the 

 legs he should drive himself freely forward. If he 

 raises his action, it will be because the hand has not 

 yielded in time to let the impulse pass. 



If the horse, when reducing his pace, turns sideways, 

 he should be straightened by opposing the shoulder to 

 the quarter. 



These suppling exercises are varied by periods of 

 fast work, with the support of the hand. It is advisable 

 to especially insist on immediate obedience in increasing 

 the speed in the case of sluggish horses, and in reducing 

 the speed in the case of keen horses. 



When the work has been well done on the straight 

 line, it should be repeated on the circle, so as to secure 

 a thorough engagement of the inside leg. The diameter 

 of the circle will be reduced as the education of the 

 horse progresses, but one should not allow the horse to 

 decrease, of his own accord, this diameter at the same 

 time as he decreases the speed, that is to decrease it 

 when reducing the pace, and to increase it when 

 accelerating it. 



In the school one only executes the changes of pace 

 in the slow canter ; out of doors, one demands that 

 the speed should be varied in the canter, and fast 

 gallop equally, and the capability of doing this is the 

 proof of the results of all the preceding work. 



If the horse bores and fights against the hand, he 



