AND SCHOOL A HORSE. 85 



mere matter of practice to make the 



chaDges at any finished step in the 

 direct line. 



TO STOP IN 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 extended gallop. 



The horse being in the best approxi- 

 mate equilibrium, 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, 



