CONTENTS. xix 



CHAPTER VIII. 



PAGE 



Breaking to Harness 274-279 



CHAPTER IX. 



School Breaking. 

 General remarks on school breaking — The school horse — Collecting the 

 horse at the halt — Collecting the horse at the walk and trot — Teaching 

 the horse to strike off correctly into the canter — Changing the leg at 

 the canter — Figure of eight at the canter — Cantering falsely — Turn on 

 the fore-hand — Turn on the hind-quarters — The passage — The passage 

 with head to wall — The passage with tail to wall — Change of hand 

 by the passage — Counterchange of hand by the passage — Circling at 

 the passage — The halt — Change from one pace to another — Shoulder 

 in — Course of school instruction —Additional school movements — 

 Extension of a fore leg — The Spanish walk — The Spanish trot — Turn 

 on the fore-hand on three legs — The canter on three legs — Changes of 

 leg at the canter — A circus high-school act . . . 280-311 



CHAPTER X. 



' ■ Breaking for Special Work. 



The race horse — The lady's horse — The cavalry horse — The polo pony — 

 The park hack — The fashionable harness horse — The shooting pony 

 — Mules and zebras . ....... 312-322 



CHAPTER XI. 



Faults of Mouth. 



Boring — Pulling and running away — Throwing up the head and star- 

 gazing — Jibbing — Rearing — Shying — Running out to one side and 

 difficult to turn — "Keeping behind the bit," prancing, and 

 "breaking" when wanted to walk or trot — Teaching pacers (amblers) 

 to trot — Carrying the hind-quarters, in the canter or gallop, outside 

 the line of progression, and refusing to lead except with a particular 

 fore leg — " Putting too much weight on the fore-hand " when mounted 

 — Plunging forward when starting in harness — Pulling away from and 

 hanging against the pole when in double harness . . 323-344 



