USUAL OR INSTINCTIVE EQUITATION 



Of the irregular gaits, the amble, widely esteemed 

 in the days of the instinctive equitation, is still 

 favored by the Cossacks of the Ukraine and 

 Crimea, the Arabs, certain American Indians, by 

 Mexicans, and in our own Southern States. A few 

 unskillful riders, also, even in the more sophisti- 



AMBLE 



cated parts of the world, still prefer the comfort of 

 the amble to the exhilaration of the trot. 



In the amble, the horse, instead of striding with 

 two diagonal members, as in the trot, advances 

 together the two limbs on the same side. There is, 

 therefore, no play at the coupling, no trajectory, 

 and the rider is pushed alternately from side to side, 

 instead of being propelled upward as in the trot. 



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