220 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



Besides these, and other artificial modifications of the gallop, the pace 

 and its modifications, are the only other gaits which a horse may be taught : 

 forlcaping, wheeling, rearing and springing forward or from side to side, 

 are all forms of the gallop. The amble is Sf)inctimes classed as a modified 

 pace. It is, in reality, a slow gallop, easy and smooth, and, like any 

 other saddle gait, must be taught under the curb. 



The true pacing horse lifts the fore and hind feet simultaneously on a 

 side, first on one side and then the other. Like running at speed, it 

 is performed in 1-2 time. The rack is a modified pace. Instead of two 

 feet being lifted simultaneously on the one side and then the other, the 

 feet are lifted in 1-2,3-4 time, but not regularly as in the walk. 



Single-foot, again, is a trained rack. Some horses take to it easily, 

 and in fact almost naturall}^ just as some horses take to pacing natur- 

 ally. But it often takes time to instruct the horse therein, though once 

 acquired, it is not soon forgotten. 



No written instructions can be given for adapting all these gaits, except 

 such general rules as are laid down for rendering the animal amenable to 

 training. Once, by practice, you have imparted the gait, be sure to give 

 the animal a kind word, and a rewarding caress. 



XX. Training to Trot in Harness. 



If a horse have the trotting instinct, all that is necessfiry in order to 

 develop it is perseverance and training. The head shoul d be carried toler- 

 ably high, but not unnaturally so. The conformation of the horse must 

 be studied, (see Chapter IV), and to assist tbe reader further, two cuts 

 are given, one showing a horse's head, stramed unnaturally and 



AN UNNATURAL POSITION. IIEAO (AKRIEI) NATURALLY. 



by the bearing rein, the other showing the head drawn up naturally Avith 

 the bit. In the one case the head is strained up by both check rein and 

 curb, while in the other it is simply held in proper position by the curb. 



There is no objection to the use of the check rein if it be not improp- 

 erly used. It serves to keep the horse in shape under a slack rein, and 

 from putting his head to the ground, when standing at rest 



A matter in relation to driving in light harness, under the curb, may 

 here be worth relating. We once trained a nnir of fine roadster colts to 



