232 THE AMERICAN HORSEWOMAN. 



he be moving roughly and unevenly, giving 

 the rider a sensation of jolting, if his head is 

 inclined toward the same side as that of the 

 leading leg, and he does not yield prompt obe- 

 dience to the reins, then he is not cantering 

 properly, and should be immediately stopped, 

 again collected, and started anew. If necessary 

 this course should be repeated until he advances 

 regularly and unitedly. 



Some horses, after having fairly entered upon 

 the canter, will change the leading leg, and will 

 even keep changing from one to the other, at 

 short intervals. This is a bad habit, and one 

 that will never be attempted by a well-trained 

 animal, unless his rider does not understand 

 how to support him correctly and to keep him 

 leading w^ith the required leg. A horse should 

 never be allowed to change his leading leg ex- 

 cept at the will of his rider ; and should he do 

 so, he should be chidden and stopped instantly, 

 and then started anew. 



If the rider when trotting rapidly wishes to 

 change to a canter, she must first moderate 

 the trot to a walk, because the horse will other- 

 wise be apt to break from the trot into a rapid 

 gallop. Should he insist upon trotting, when it 

 is desired that he should canter, he must be 

 stopped, collected with the curb-bit, as hereto- 



