230 THE AMERICAN HORSEWOMAN. 



pressure with the whip, instead of the leg, to 

 make him place his croup to the left. 



To canter with the left leg leading will be 

 found more difficult to acquire, and will demand 

 more study and practice. The horse, having 

 been collected, must then be inclined obliquely 

 to the right. To accomplish this, the rider 

 must increase the tension of the right curb-rein, 

 and press her whip against the animal's right 

 side, which will urge his head to the right and 

 his croup to the left. In order that the position 

 of the rider's body may correspond with that of 

 the horse, her left hip and shoulder must be 

 slightly advanced, in precedence of her right 

 hip and shoulder. It will be observed that the 

 manoeuvring in this lead is similar to that in 

 which the right leg leads, except that the direc- 

 tion of the positions, of the management of the 

 reins, and of the horse's bearing during the can- 

 ter is simply reversed ; in either lead, however, 

 the tension or bearing upon the reins, as the 

 horse advances in the canter, must be equal. 



It may be proper to state here that, as the 

 amount of tension needed upon the reins when 

 cantering varies considerably with different 

 horses, some needing only the lightest touch, 

 the rider will, consequently, have to ascertain 

 for herself how much will be suitable for her 



