A Good Walking Gait 93 



It is not difficult to train the average horse to 

 walk fast providing the proper methods are employed 

 early in his training. From the very beginning keep 

 the horse walking up to his limit. We should never 

 allow him to mope along at this time, or the habit 

 will become so strongly fixed that it will be difficult 

 to overcome. During the entire training process, 

 therefore, urge him to his limit. If he breaks into 

 a trot, steady him but do not allow him to fall back 

 into a slow walk. Do not ask him to walk too far 

 at a time, but give him practice each day. When 

 one has a fast walking horse available it is a very 

 good plan to place the green horse beside the fast 

 walker and work them together, as this aids in fixing 

 the habit of fast walking. 



TRAINING THE HORSE FOR HEAVY DRAFT 



Because of the desire of all horse owners to have 

 their driving horse in presentable condition, much 

 time and patient effort are spent in his education, 

 whereas the slow plodding draft horse that does much 

 of his work in the fields and on back streets is neg- 

 lected. Though his work is very hard, he is very 

 often left in the hands of incompetent drivers, who 

 either do not know how to lighten the animal's bur- 

 den, or do not take sufficient interest. In the fields 

 we often see plow-horses dragging along the plowman, 

 who has the lines around his body, in addition to the 



