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7. A gallop, easy with either foot, and 

 change of foot by the touch. 



8. Easy and regular movement of the 

 haunches, comprising ordinary and reversed 

 pirouettes. 



9. Leaping the ditch and the bar. 



10. Piaffer. 



11. Halt from the gallop, first by the aid 

 of the pressure of the legs, and then by a 

 light support of the hand. I ask all con- 

 scientious men, have they seen many horse- 

 men of renown obtain similar results in so 

 short a time? 



The education of the men's horses, being 

 less complicated than that of those intended 

 for officers, would on that account be more 

 rapid. The principal things will be the 

 supplings and the backing, followed by the 

 walk, the trot, and the gallop, while keeping 

 the horse perfectly in hand. The colonels 

 will soon appreciate the excellent results of 



