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The Canter. 



Ifye C^i/fei*. 



The whole of the exercises on circles should 

 next be performed in a canter ; which may be com- 

 menced 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 rems, will make 

 him strike into a canter. Should he misunder- 

 stand 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 



