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CHAPTER VI. 



ORDINARY MOUNTED BREAKING. 



General remarks' — Mounting a horse for the first time — Turning a 

 horse on the forehand at the halt when mounted — Reining back — 

 The walk — The trot — Turning a horse during movement — 

 Teaching a horse to carry his rider in a collected and well- 

 balanced manner — The canter — The halt — Whip and spurs — Time 

 required for ordinary breaking to saddle. 



General remarks. — The work described in the pre-' 

 ceding chapter is applicable to all kinds of horses. In the 

 present one, the whole of the course laid down is suitable 

 to hunters, hacks, chasers, and race-horses. I need hardly 

 say that the amount of collection practised should be pro- 

 portionate to the purpose for which the animal is intended ; 

 the maximum, with respect to the horses just mentioned, 

 being observed with the hack ; the minimum, with the 

 race-horse. The lady's hack and hunter, besides the work 

 herein detailed, should have a certain amount of special 

 training, to which I shall allude further on. The trooper 

 and high school horse, before being taught any of the airs 

 de manege^ may get all the instruction given in this chapter 

 with the exception of the changes of leg at a canter in the 

 figure of eight, to which subject I shall more particularly 



