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centuries he has been trained and broken by intelli- 

 gent kindness, which his intelligent instinct fully 

 appreciates. He regards man in the light of an 

 intimate friend, while he acknowledges his mastery 

 and obeys him lovingly. Well he knows him by the 

 sound of his voice, the smell of his garments, the 

 sight of his face. In all are they in sympathy and 

 accord, and so nothing stands in the way of perfect 

 temper and disposition, which the Arab horse pos- 

 sesses by right of a long and ancient inheritance. 

 His thorough docility causes him to be easily trained 

 to unaccustomed work, to a change of step, to har- 

 ness rather than the saddle, and to pull rather than 

 carry." 



You have never explained to me the different gaits 

 of a horse. 



" The gallop is the natural gait of a horse. A 

 pacer goes first on the two legs on one side, and then 

 the two legs on the other. This makes a very easy 

 rocking motion, and is natural to many horses, being 

 generally inherited. The natural gait of the camel 

 is to pace, and that is why it is not difificult or tire- 

 some to ride on an animal so awkward looking. His 

 speedy trot is another thing." 



What is the simple step or single foot? 



" It is one foot on the ground and three up. The 

 quick trot is the same, but with such force that the 

 body is propelled forward with one leg." 



Is trotting then an artificial gait?' 



"Emphatically so, although in some the gait is 

 more readily acquired than in others. Horses must 

 always be broken to trot steadily, and it is consid- 



