IO2 Horse and Man. 



When you can do what you please with 

 your horse at a walk, you may, if you think 

 proper, proceed to circle and passage him at 

 a trot ; but < this is by no means a necessary 

 accomplishment. The only indispensable les- 

 son which remains, is the canter with alternate 

 legs. When you have got your horse quite 

 collected at the walk and trot, he will pro- 

 bably make no resistance to being ridden at a 

 collected canter or gallop, so long as he is 

 permitted to strike off with whichever leg he 

 prefers. If therefore you wish him to lead 

 with one leg in preference to the other, you 

 have only to urge and collect him until you 

 feel him prepared to strike a canter, throw 

 him into such a position that he must neces- 

 sarily carry forward the preferable leg, and let 

 him go. 



What, then, is this position to be ? My 

 answer is, that the horse must be placed with 

 his head looking full in the direction of his 

 intended course, but with his croup thrown 

 somewhat aside towards the leg with which 

 he is to lead. If, for instance, I wished my 

 horse to canter 'due north with the right leg 

 leading, I would place him with his chest 



