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pleases. It is the custom in most European 

 cavalry regiments for every man, in troop or 

 in squadron drill, to ride his horse out singly 

 from the ranks, and to return slowly to his 

 place. In many cases this could not be accom- 

 plished without this " rolling-up," as the horses 

 are usually loath to leave their companions. 

 I know some regiments where this movement 

 is not employed, and in which there are not 

 ten horses in a hundred which will singly 

 leave the barrack-yard, even with the riding- 

 master's whip behind them. 



If the horse tries to rub the leg of the rider 

 against a wall or other obstacle, the head of 

 the animal should be pulled into the obstacle, 

 when the design of the animal \\A\\ be frustrated. 



I have no advice to give to the rider who 

 finds his horse " running away," beyond that 

 of sticking to the animal, and of taking inter- 

 mittent pulls upon its mouth until he finds 

 the pace decreasing, when he may be able to 

 bring it to halt, or to a desired rate of speed. 



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