82 RIDIXG A>'D TRAINING SADDLE-HORSES. 



direct rein "will make play, supported by the oppos- 

 ing leg. 



At first the horse Trill b3 made to gallop in the line, 

 then in circles, gradually diminishing in diameter, 

 always leading: with the lesr of the side to which he is 

 going. When the horse will answer to the aids, and will 

 lead with either leg, as may be required, without hesita- 

 tion or blundering, the rider will turn him from a circle 

 to the right or the left, to one on the other hand, apply- 

 ing, quickly but without yiolence, the hand as the fore- 

 feet finish the first part, the leg as the hind-feet finish 

 the last part of the gallop in the old direction. 



"When this has been accomplished, without destroying 

 or interfering with the cadences of the gait, it will be a 

 mere matter of practice to make the changes at any 

 finished step in the direct line. 



To Stop ix the Gallop. — While it is only in the 

 gallop in equilibrium that the horse can be brought to a 

 finished halt, yet the same means, in a form modified by 

 the rider's appreciation of the circumstances, may be 

 effectually used to make the horse draw up in the ex- 

 tended gallop. 



The horse being in the best approximate equilibritim, 

 the rider will bring him to a stop by leaning back and 

 pressing in his legs as the hind-legs of the horse begin 

 one cadence of the gait, and raise the hand, and bear 

 upon the bit as the fore-legs begin the next cadence. 

 The result will be that the horse Avill stop without 

 another cadence, for the heels bring in and the weight of 

 the body fixes the hind-legs, and the hand restrains and 

 brings back the forces of the forehand, and prevents the 



