THE CANTER. 



The whole of the exercises on circles should next be 

 performed in a canter ; which may be commenced from 

 a short but animated trot, a walk, or even a stop. If 

 the horse be well trained, a slight pressure of the whip 



and leg, and an elevation of the horse's head, by means 

 of the reins, will make him strike into a canter. 

 Should he misunderstand, or disobey these indications 

 of the rider's will, by merely increasing his walk or 

 trot, or going into the trot from a walk, as the case 

 may be, he is to be pressed forward on the bit by an 

 increased animation of the leg and whip ; — the reins, 

 at the same time, being held more firmly, in order to 

 restrain him from advancing too rapidly to bring 



