74 BREAKING AND TRAINING 



To teach the animal to turn to the left in this 

 way, you must act in a similar, though converse 

 manner. 



A very important matter, well to remember, is 

 that the colt shall be taught to go " collectedly " 

 (harmoniously) whether at the walk, the trot, or the 

 canter, otherwise his action at any or all of these paces 

 will be slovenly. In order to obtain this harmonious 

 movement, the rider should draw his heels backwards 

 and apply them closely to the sides of the horse's 

 body. Only under such treatment will the beauties 

 of the trot begin to show themselves, these beauties 

 consisting in its regularity, or in other words, the 

 uniform step of the animal, its gracefulness, its height 

 and its speed. A special fault to be guarded against 

 is that of trotting from the knees only, whereby the 

 colt looses force from want of full action in the upper 

 regions. 



To teach a horse to " lead off " with the proper 

 leg from the " trot " to that of " canter," the rider 

 should lean either to the right or left (according to the 

 manner in which he is circling the animal), and bend 

 the horse's neck shghtly away from the side on which 

 he desires the animal to " lead off." At the same 



