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Training the Saddle Horse 



upon the right forefoot. The horse works on his 

 haunches, with his legs well under him; he bounds up 

 in front gracefully and drops to the ground lightly, 

 sustaining his weight on his hind legs and haunches 

 in such a manner as to prove delightful riding. The 

 slower the gait, so long as performed with animation 



Fig. 37. — ■ The canter. 



and exactness, the better, about five miles an hour 

 being the most desirable (Fig. 37). 



When the horse goes into the air from his left fore- 

 leg, followed by the other legs in the regular order of 

 succession, he is said to be leading with the near or 

 left foreleg and to be galloping left ; when he goes 

 into the air from his right foreleg he is said to be 



