XVII. 

 Work at the Trot. Rising to the Trot. Tin- ridrr hhouln 

 always rise to the trot unless the slowness of tlu' <,':iit ren- 

 ders it impossible or at any rate difficult. 



To rise to the trot, the rider inclines the ui)ii«t pari ui iln 

 body forward and takes a firm grip with the knees in order 

 to avoid throwing his whole weight into the stirrups and in 

 order to have the lower legs perfectly free. He then allows 

 himself to be raised by the thrust of one diagonal pair of 

 legs, the right for example (i. e. right hind and left fore), 

 he avoids the thrust produced by the planting of the left 

 diagonal pair and drops back into the saddle just as tin 

 right pair is replanted, which raises him again. 



The rider thus avoids every other thrust, tires himself 

 less, and tires his horse less. 



Necessity of Frequently Alternating the Diagonal Pair from 

 Which the Rise Is Made. But unless he is careful, he gradu- 

 ally acquires the habit of always rising from the same pair, 

 or as it is commonly expressed, of trotting on the same 

 shoulder, and this habit has serious drawbacks. 



1. The pair from which the rider rises becomes nmcli 

 more fatigued than the other because it raises and thrust;- 

 forward the weight of both horse and rider; whereas th« 

 other pair, which acts while the rider is in the air. lias only 

 the weight of the horse to thrust forward. 



2. If the rider is rising from the right diag(Mial pair. tli< 

 left diagonal pair acts while he is in the air and thrusts tin- 

 weight of the horse further in its own direction than is pos- 

 sible for the right diagonal pair on account of its additional 

 burden. From this there results, after a certain length of 

 time, a disagreeable irregularity in the gait since on. 

 shoulder gains more ground than the other. 



The results explained in the second remark above, ina> 



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