38 EQUITATION. 



doing so, would cause him to draw back his right 

 leg, rather than to advance it before the left. 



To start the horse into a canter, with the left 

 leg leading, the extra bearing must be made upon 

 the left rein, and the horse should be touched with 

 the whip on the right shoulder or flank. It is an 

 excellent lesson to cause the horse to change the 

 leading leg, when in the canter, so that upon any 

 disturbance of pace, or change of direction, the 

 action of the one, may be as familiar, and as easy 

 to the rider, as the other. The lady should sit 

 well down in the centre of the saddle, with her 

 body perpectly upright, and square to the front, 

 without stiffness or constraint, she must continue 

 the bearings upon the horse's mouth, throughout 

 the entire pace, and if the horse flags in his move- 

 ments, or does not respond to the action of the 

 bridle-hand, then the whip must be instantly ap- 

 plied. In turning a corner, or cantering in a curve, 

 the lady must incline her body in that direction, 

 to preserve her balance, and she must be careful 

 that the bridle arm, does not acquire the bad habit, 

 of moving from the side of the body, and throw- 

 ing the elbow outwards. 



The gallop, is a further increase of pace upon 

 the full canter, but no lady of taste ever gallops 

 on the road, into this pace, the lady's horse is 

 never urged, nor permitted to break, excepting in 



