84 HO W TO RIDE 



gradually diminisliing in diameter, 

 always leading with the leg 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 hesitation or blundering, the 

 rider will turn him from a circle to the 

 rio'ht or the left, to one on the other 

 hand, applying, quickly but without 

 violence, the hand as the fore-feet begin 

 a new cadence, the leg as soon as the 

 fore-hand feels tlie effect of the bit. The 

 rider will, of course, bend his body to 

 conform to the movements of the horse, 

 and this balance in the weio;hts will 

 assist in the change. 



When this has been accomj^lished 

 without destroying or interfering with 

 the cadences of the gait, it will be a 



