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Three months would be ample for teaching the horse 

 the course of instruction laid down in Chapters V. and VI., 

 and in the present one. 



Additional school movements. — As all the airs which 

 I have written about in the preceding pages of this 

 chapter are of use from a breaking point of view ; I have 

 thought nt to separate their description from that of the 

 following school exercises, which, though interesting to look 

 at, are of no practical value. As the work of learning them 

 is apt to make restive, from excessive collection, horses 

 which have not had a careful school training, I would 

 advise that they should not be attempted until the pupil 

 has mastered all the movements previously described in 

 this chapter, and is ready to go freely forward in 

 obedience to the pressure of the legs. Those of my 

 readers who wish to obtain further information about 

 these airs should consult Fillis's Principes de Dressage, 

 and Barroil's Art Eqiiestre, in which they will find them 

 lucidly and exhaustively described. 



Extension of a fore leg. — Our object here is to make 

 the horse, when at the halt, extend either of his fore 

 legs, according as we wish, straight out to the front, and 

 hold it motionless, in a more or less horizontal position, 

 for a short time. 



Having placed the horse on the track of the riding- 

 school with, say, his off side towards the wall, we may, 

 while standing on the ground and facing him, take hold 

 of the reins by the left hand under the chin, raise the 



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