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THE HORSE. 



the otlier hand, the pony or galloway will often canter without 

 throwing any extra weight on his hind legs, with a loose rein and 

 extended neck. This kind of pace may be detected by the ear on 

 a turnpike road, by the quick pat-ter-ring sound which is evolved. 

 It is extremely easy to the horseman, but is not so well adapted to 

 female equestrianism, as it jerks the body in an ungraceful manner. 

 The true canter, as adapted for ladies, is indicated below, though 



it is so difficult to represent, that it is not so clearly done as might 

 be wished. When the off leg leads off, the near one has to bear 

 more than its share of work, and hence, unless a change is occa- 

 sionally made, the fetlock joint of that leg is almost sure to suffer. 

 Ladies should therefore either trot for a part of their daily rides, 

 or teach themselves and their horses to change the lead from that 

 with the off leg to that with the near. 



THE HAND GALLOP. 

 Between the canter and the true gallop there intervenes a 

 pace which may be easily confounded with either, unless Mr 

 Blaine's definition of the canter is accepted, when the hand gallop 



