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Mauleon remarks, if he will not do a thing in one 

 way, another should be tried. The horse should be 

 led by a head-collar, and not by the bridle, and as 

 soon as he goes quietly he should be let go, the man 

 continuing to walk by him for a time. He should 

 now be given full liberty of rein, and encouraged 

 to " walk out " before it is attempted to make him 

 go light in front, which cannot be done without the 

 help of the bridle. 



When trotting lessons are begun one important 

 point should be borne in mind if equal work is to 

 be done by the horse's hind legs. The Germans lay 

 great stress on this distribution of work for long- 

 distance riding; and amongst Frenchmen, Captain 

 Caubert, in his deep and scientific work " Du Cheval 

 bien mu et bien mis," goes very fully into it. I will 

 endeavor to explain it as simply as possible. 



When a horse trots, his near fore and off hind 

 strike the ground at the same time and vice versa. 

 In rising to the trot, the rider's weight is always 

 lifted out of the saddle by the straightening of one 

 particular hock. This in time becomes stiff and 

 tired, unless the rider occasionally allows himself to 

 bump twice instead of once in the saddle and shifts 



