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followed, and that the rider is seated pro- 

 perly in the middle of the saddle. These 

 matters are of greater importance now that 

 the horse is called upon to extend his paces 

 and make greater exertion. 



To make him walk well he should for 

 some time be collected and kept back to a 

 rate of one mile an hour ; then if allowed 

 to increase the pace he is glad to free his 

 shoulders, and a good walk is obtained. 

 When trotting, the same plan should be 

 followed to make him " trot out." Exer- 

 cise of this kind gives permanent freedom 

 of action, and improves the horse not only 

 in walking and trotting but also in gallop- 

 ing and leaping. An ill- made, narrow 

 chested young horse that put one foot in 

 front of the other in walking, and looked 

 as if he would fall down at every step, has 

 been known to improve so much in shape 

 and action as to become, in two months, a 

 very creditable hunter. Nor is this a 

 solitary instance. The plan adopted was 

 to drill the horse at shoulder in and out in 

 addition to the ordinary paces, and fre- 

 quently to pull his legs to the right and left 

 as well as to the front. 



