24 NOTES ON EQUITATION 



and finally is taught the change of lead. Here is where or- 

 dinary training stops; training sufficient for the horse of the 

 trooper. 



l. Preparatory period for high school work in which the 

 obedience of the horse is further developed by a system of 

 exercises that increase his suppleness and strength. He ac- 

 quires cadence in gaits and becomes light, or, more precise- 

 ly speaking, balanced. 



High school work might be considered as a fourth per- 

 iod and the animal would then be taught the different man- 

 ners and steps of which this school is composed, such as the 

 high trot, in place and gaining ground, and the change of 

 lead with each stride. 



