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you up by the impulse of his trot. Always sit still, 

 or close, a few strides before you pull up, and when 

 you pull, lean back, and not forward over the hands, 

 as so many do. There should be a space of about 

 three inches between your left knee and the leaping- 

 horn, that you may have room to rise without 

 chafing- the thigh against it. 



To canter, elevate the heel and bring the knee 

 snugly up under the leaping-horn ; sit up ; grasp 

 the horns well between the knees; kick the horse 

 with the left heel, and just move the bits in his 

 mouth ; sway forward and to the right, and touch 

 him down the off shoulder with the whip — and off 

 he goes. He must always lead right-legged, and 

 never with any other, and his canter must neither 

 be disconnected nor accelerate into the hand-gallop. 

 Keep him up to his bridle, and by whip and heel taps 

 make him face it, and bend himself as he must to 

 perform the pace properly. The bit and bridooii 

 will now come into play, and few horses will canter 

 collectedly without this combination, and therefore 



