40 SCHOOL-TEAINING FOR HOESES. 



to support the raised fore-leg, and will 

 immediately after draw the left rein to 

 check the forward impulse, and in that 

 way further increase the action and 

 produce the momentary halt that adds 

 so greatly to the effect of this trot. 



The speed must be very moderate 

 and regular, at each stride the moment- 

 ary rest must be marked, and the 

 equilibrium must be maintained. 



The exercises with hand and heels, 

 recommended in Chapter II. for giving 

 the horse a steady regular step, are 

 admirably adapted for preparing the 

 animal for his lessons in the passage. 

 Indeed, the aids are the same in both 

 cases ; and in the passage the diagonal 

 action, if I may use the term, is pro- 

 duced by the accentuated use of the 



