78 BREAKING AND TRAINING 



leading leg. In cases where a horse is required to do 

 much cantering, it is advisable to make him lead off 

 with either leg alternately, as in this way the strain is 

 thrown equally upon both limbs, their energy and 

 wear thus conserved. 



If a horse has not been properly broken to the 

 " canter," he will either go in a fashion known as 

 " false,'' or in that know as " disunited.'' The term 

 " false " is applied if in circling, say to the right, he 

 " leads " with the left leg, and vice versa ; and " dis- 

 united " is the name applied to the motion of a horse 

 when he leads with a hind leg opposite to that of the 

 fore. 



You will know when a horse is cantering ''true" 

 in a '' right " circle. He leads with the off (right) 

 fore and in a left circle with the left fore. In order 

 to deserve the epithet " united," he must follow this 

 up with the use of the off (right) hind in the first 

 instance, and the near hind in the latter. 



A horse that is " united " in his canter has a regular 

 and easy action, equally pleasant to horse and 

 horseman. A " disunited " one, on the other hand, 

 moves in a manner equally disagreeable to both, 

 or in regard to turning, even dangerous. In turning 



