38 ,HoRSs: Training by Modern Methods. 



has been worked before purchase, or on the horse with 

 good strong legs, particularly after he has been thorough- 

 ly confirmed in the correct trot. (Notes d' Equitation.) 



To Take the Gallop by Extending the Trot. — To ac- 

 complish this movement, the rider needs only to take the 

 trot and by the use of both legs to push this gait up to 

 the poiilt where the horse leaves it to pass into the gallop. 



To accomplish this without undue increase of speed, 

 put the horse on a circle of six or seven yards radius, 

 first trot around this- and then lengthen the trot until the 

 horse escapes into the gallop. When he is calm and the 

 rider feels confidence in himself, the rider may leave the 

 circle and rejoin the track on the same hand. 



As long as the rider does not wish to make abrupt 

 changes of direction, but gallops on a large circle or on 

 the track, it makes little difference whether the horse is 

 galloping true or false, and it is useless for the rider to 

 bother about the leads at this stage of the training. (De 

 Saint-Phalle.) 



When the horse begins to understand the gallop and 

 takes it calmly, the correct lead, which is explained on 



