RIDING AND TRAINING. I 1 1 



and resuming the forward movement before the 

 lightness is lost. 



Whenever the horse is brought to a halt, it 

 should first be imited, then poised, and, the move- 

 ment having been stopped, the hand should release 

 the forehand, the heels be withdrawn from the sides, 

 and the animal will stop in such a form that it can 

 readily be put in motion. 



The poise in action, it will be remembered, is 

 simply a higher state of collection than the union, 

 wherein the forces are brought to a point of 

 union and balance so that the movement ceases, 

 but is resumed or modified by the impulsion of 

 the legs which were flexed at the moment the 

 poise was effected ; and the poise becomes the 

 halt when the aids demand no further action of 

 the horse at the time the forces have been brought 

 into equilibrium. 



To put the horse into the trot, the animal will first 

 be made to walk, then the union will be demanded 

 at that pace, and, the horse being light, it will require 

 but a small increased pressure from the heels and a 

 slight yielding of the hand to start the horse into a 

 trot. The pace should be slow and regular, and 

 the horse must not be permitted to fall out of hand. 

 As in the walk, the horse should be frequently 

 brought to the union in the trot, without increasing 



