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movement. The speed must be kept 

 regulated, and the horse must not be 

 permitted to hasten or to decrease his 

 walk at the unaccustomed application of 

 the aids. This regularity may be aided 

 by the encouragement or the soothing 

 of the animal by the rider's voice, as the 

 horse hangs back or hastens forward. 

 The horse should be brought to a halt 

 by the rider pressing in his heels, to carry 

 the hind-legs under the animal, and the 

 hand quickly acting upon the mouth to 

 check the forward motion. The hand to 

 follow the pressure of the heels in time 

 to prevent a second step by the hind-legs, 

 but so gently as not to harass the horse. 



In the same way the horse will be 

 made to take and keep a slow, measured 

 trot, the action of the animal, not his 



