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muscle must be suppled and strength- 

 ened, and I hold that it is self-evident 

 that when the horse is permitted to extend 

 himself his speed would be the greater 

 and his going the stronger for his 

 training. This is evidenced, too, in 

 the buck-jumps and the other high 

 movements of the manege. In the 

 limited area of the riding-school, the 

 trained horse will take leaps that 

 would do credit to the most active 

 hunter, while the latter would not 

 find room to turn in his lumbering 

 gallop. Why this suppleness and 

 strength should decrease the natural 

 speed of the horse I cannot conceive, 

 and I think that the idea originated 

 in the behef that the short step of 

 the balanced horse is the natural result 



