124 BREAKING AND TRAINING 



lead off. In all cases a horse turning or circling to the 

 right should have the right (off) fore leading, and in 

 circhng or turning to the left, the " near " fore 

 leading. 



The breaker may put on a side saddle and lady's 

 habit during this instruction, or the horse may be 

 schooled by a lady, after the "general education" has 

 been gone through. 



It is useless to try and break any horse for a 

 lady unless he be good tempered by nature and 

 smooth in his paces. His height should be about 15 

 hands. 



The Harness Horse.— In the West End of 



London, probabl}^ in certain other places as well, there 

 is by many of the " upper ten " a strong liking for 

 very high stepping matched pairs, and unless the 

 action can be described and shown to be "extravagant," 

 the chances of sale to such parties are small. 



There is no doubt that heavy shoes, knee caps and 

 bearing reins are auxiliaries to this end, certainly 

 augmenting the " show up." 



The action of the fore limbs frequently overshadows 

 an indifferent or poor hock action, which, to the 



