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put out his foot. If you desire your horse to 

 continue in the walk, you must take care not to 

 quicken his pace, or he will break time and go 

 into the trot. The hand should be so carried, 

 that the rider may delicately but distinctly feel, 

 by the operation of the horse's mouth on the 

 reins, every beat of his action. You must keep 

 him slightly animated. 



A pupil should ride for practice in circles, large 

 at first, to give the seat and balance, and by de- 

 grees contract the circle, and he should com- 

 mence by walking his horse until he has leariled 

 by bending his body about the saddle and other 

 motions of the body to get the balance, and to 

 know his springs and stops, and be made to feel 

 how difficult it is to his horse to unseat him 

 against his will. He should ride without any de- 

 pendence upon the stirrups. 



The Trot 



Has always been considered by the best mas- 

 ters as the only true principle by which either 



