12 SCHOOL-TRAINING FOE HOESES. 



speed, increased by means of the aids. 

 But these lessons must not be carried 

 too far, as it is not now the intention to 

 develop the trot into the passage, but 

 simply to give the horse light, even, and 

 regular strides ; and when this has been 

 acquired the horse will be habitually 

 ridden with an equal pressure on both 

 sides of the mouth when the bit is in 

 action, though never with a constant 

 pull upon the reins. 



After the horse has acquired the walk 

 and the trot as described, he should be 

 ridden in the double-reined bridle. The 

 curb-bit being carefully fitted, but suffi- 

 ciently severe to make him discover that 

 it is for his own comfort that he yields 

 his head and jaw at its pressure. I have 

 found that bits with branches from four 



