42 CANTER AND GALLOP. 



and is similar to it in every respect, except 

 in the length of spring and the speed, a can- 

 ter being a compact and contracted pace ; and 

 a gallop being any extension of pace the rider 

 chooses, even to the full stretch : both are 

 to be commenced in the same manner, either 

 from the standing position, or from any pace at 

 which the horse may be going ; and must be 

 regulated by the rider's hand, with rein 

 short, and held with the utmost watchfulness 

 ready to contract or extend the step, turn to 

 either hand without altering the pace ; or, to 

 make a full halt. 



The rider must anticipate every spring of 

 the horse, and in every movement go with him ; 

 and not through hanging back have to be jerked 

 or plucked forward by the motion of the horse ; 

 for as he is placed in the prescribed position 

 on the horse when standing, so the rider ought 

 to remain when in motion, upright, steady, 

 easy, and firm, and full upon his seat — " no 

 day-light showing between him and the saddle" 

 — and yet be perfectly elastic from head to foot. 

 The horse is to move with the rider, and the 



