132 ROAD, PARK, AND SCHOOL 



is desirable that the horse should be taught to 

 gallop as straight as possible ; and, when it can be 

 avoided, no wrong method should be employed, in 

 any movement, to be afterwards exchanged for a 

 better one. 



By employing the corresponding aids in the same 

 manner, the horse will be taught to gallop with the 

 left fore-leg leading. 



To enable the horse to keep the pace evenly and 

 smoothly, the rider should sit quite still, and the 

 hand and heels should maintain a light and regular 

 gallop. By degrees the horse should be taught to 

 gallop in the highest union possible for the pace in 

 which it is put, and it should be made to gallop at 

 different rates of speed, but required to keep the 

 degree of speed demanded by the rider. The horse 

 will be galloped in circles, turning to the leading 

 side, and the diameters of these circles should be 

 gradually reduced as the horse learns to answer 

 the aids in the action. 



In the early lessons the horse should be brought 

 to a halt from the gallop by the rider pressing in the 

 heels and restraining the forehand by an even tension 

 upon both reins, but with such moderation that the 

 horse will take a trot, then a walk, and finally come 

 to a stop ; each stage being made according to the 

 rules before laid down for reducing the speed by a 



