28 THE CANTER. 



You must at all times have your horse well in hand and 

 fully collected, and try and make your horse canter 

 nearly as slowly as he would walk. You should bring 

 the horse well in balance by a steady support with the 

 reins and legs. The horse should at all times be so 

 placed that he looks the way he is going, and if the rider 

 cannot make the horse canter on straight lines, he will be 

 able to do so on a circle, or on turning a corner. When 

 you have been riding for some time, it will be well for 

 you to start your horse in a canter from a walk, and also 

 from a halt. You should collect your horse with the 

 curb rein, and stimulate him with the legs and whip if 

 required. It is necessary at all times to have the horse's 

 head brought in and not have his nose thrust out, and 

 one should at all times be able to feel and tell if the horse 

 is leading right or not. If a horse is leading with the 

 right front leg and the left hind one, then the horse is 

 called disunited, and when a horse goes that way, he 

 should be brought down to a walk at once, as it not only 

 gives the rider a very unsteady and insecure seat, but it 

 is also dangerous. Sometimes green horses get disunited, 

 also nervous ones, but more often the blame should be 

 attached to the rider, as it is usually his fault. 



