44 PARK EIDING, 



means of near rein. When you change, the 

 whole must be performed smoothly and evenly, at 

 one and the same moment, so that at the finish of 

 the cadence, your body, hands, thigh, and leg 

 are reversed, for the horse to commence his next 

 cadence with the contrary leg. When you intend 

 to turn to the left, turn a little to the right, in 

 order to make a compass and turn with more 

 freedom and grace, and vice versa. Whichever 

 way you turn your horse, he will lead off with 

 that side leg as in changes in canter. 



It may be taken as a general rule, that which- 

 ever side the horse leads with, the rider's thigh on 

 that side must be rather more turned in towards 

 the saddle. This brings the hip on that side 

 more forward, and consequently turns the other 

 thigh a little outward, and the hip back. In 

 changing, always hold your horse with exactness 

 and delicacy, and sit steady and even on him ; as 

 soon as he has changed, let him go whatever pace 

 you like. 



