PACES OF THE HORSE. 35 



impede the measurement of his steps, or to make 

 him, on being slightly animated, break from a walk 

 into a trot. 



The rider's body should be erect but pliable, 

 neither obeying too much the action of the horse, 

 nor yet resisting it. 



If the horse do not exert himself sujSicIently, or 

 hang on the bit, he should be animated, by a play 

 on the snaffle bridle ; should he break into a trot, 

 he must be checked, but the bearing upon the 

 reins, must neither be so firm nor continued, as to 

 make him stop. 



The trot, is a more animated pace. To make the 

 horse advance from the walk into a trot, the horse 

 must, with the leg and whip, be urged into greater 

 animation, at the same time retained, by an in- 

 creased bearing upon the reins. The lady must 

 be careful, to retain the lightness in hand, with- 

 out counteracting the impulse necessary to the 

 movement, when the animal will proceed with that 

 safety, which is natural to a horse balanced and 

 light in hand. 



When the horse trots, the lady must preserve 

 her balance, steadiness and pliancy, as in the walk ; 

 the rise in the trot, is to be acquired by practice ; 

 when the horse in his action raises the rider from 

 her seat, she should advance her body, and rest a 

 considerable portion of her weight, upon her right 



