40 HOW TO RIDE 



for he is mucli less able to recover from 

 a mistake when tie is tired, and he feels 

 the fatigue less when he is kept roused. 

 In going down-hill he must have Hberty 

 enough to permit his body conforming 

 to the slope of the ground, so that he 

 may extend his step safely. 



For the trot the horse must be kept 

 light, between the application of the 

 hand and legs. The speed will be re- 

 strained by the first or augmented by 

 the latter, at the will of the rider, whose 

 efforts should be so directed as to give 

 a regularly-cadenced gait of equal 

 action, in the highest equilibrium pos- 

 sible. The height and brilliancy of 

 movement in the trot may be governed 

 by the appHcation of first the one and 

 then the other spur as the opposite 



