SCHOOL COLLECTION, 2^7 



may make him bring his hind legs under him as before 

 described. Or we may hold in each hand a rein, and a 

 whip to be applied to the side. By using the drawn-back 

 heel, with or without spurs, at the same time as the whip, 

 by increasing the effect of the heel while diminishing 

 that of the whip, and by restraining with the reins any 

 forward movement, we shall soon teach the horse to collect 

 himself at the halt by means of the heel and rein. If one 

 hind leg be less advanced than the other, we should give the 

 horse the signal to bring it forward by touching him with 

 the drawn-back foot of the same side, and should place a 

 preponderance of weight on the stirrup of the opposite side. 

 When attempting to collect a horse, we should, as a rule, 

 raise his head, so as to bring the weight back. 



Collecting the horse at the walk and trot. — Having 

 collected the horse at the halt, we may put him into the 

 walk by increasing the pressure of the drawn-back feet, 

 and slightly yielding the reins. We may obtain collection 

 at either the walk or trot by applying the drawn-back foot 

 at the same moment as the fore foot of that side comes 

 down, by placing more weight on the opposite stirrup, and 

 by feeling the opposite rein the stronger, while checking 

 the forward movement with both reins. By this manner 

 we arrive at the school-walk {pas (fecole). In it the horse 

 raises his knees higher and advances his feet less than in 

 the ordinary walk, between which and the short collected 

 trot it is intermediate. If, while proceeding at the school- 

 walk, we increase the action of the legs, and continue 

 the alteration of weight from side to side, without adding 



