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again. When a colt is being taught bis paces, 

 he should not be out long ; if he gets an hour 

 of it twice daily, and is made to do his best all 

 the time, it will be plenty for him. When he is 

 walking he must be made to do his best, and 

 when he gets a trot or canter to rest him from 

 walking, he should be made to do that also in 

 his best form. By so doing he is taught to 

 exert himself, and to learn that he must not 

 move in a slovenly manner, and at the same 

 time, although the chief subject at present is to 

 teach him to walk, he is also being initiated 

 into the proper method of trotting and can- 

 tering. Although he will, in three or four 

 months, be a fair walker, it will be a year, or 

 perhaps two, before he has attained perfection. 

 The Americans do not count months, but years, 

 in educating a horse to trot. To get a horse 

 at his best pace requu^es time, and time and 

 patience alone can accomphsh it. 



The Trot. — There are three kinds of trot : 

 the jog-trot or jig- jog, the true trot, and the 

 liying-trot. The jog-trot is a most uncomfort- 



