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the best, but after having ridden the colt a 

 little time you will soon find out which way 

 he goes best, for I think it a pity, if he goes 

 best with his near fore first, just for the sake of 

 fashion, to alter it to the off fore ; for although 

 it is easy to teach him to lead with the off leg, it 

 will never have the same easy and free motion 

 it had when using the near, which in this par- 

 ticular case nature seemed to have intended 

 for that purpose. Again, some horses will 

 trot equally well with either leg leading. If 

 the colt is being taught for a lady's riding, he 

 must lead with his off fore-leg. 



The Caxtee. — By some writers the canter 

 is described as a thoroughly artificial pace, but 

 why, I am unable to understand. The true 

 canter is nothing more than a slow gallop, as is 

 the gallop an extended and fast canter, the dif- 

 ference between the two paces being a matter 

 of speed. If the style of movement of some 

 ladies' horses which go with a sort of hop 

 and a shufBe, which is generally termed a 

 canter, is the canter alluded to by these 



