56 SCHOOL-TEAINING FOE HOESES. 



clearness and precision, he will be 

 slowly galloped in a circle and, without 

 the halt, changed to a circle in the 

 opposite direction, the hand acting upon 

 the fore-hand as it rises, and the spur 

 of the opposite side pressing in as soon 

 as the fore-hand bends to the bit. As 

 the hand acts the body of the rider will 

 be carried back, to be brought forward 

 again as the spur is applied. This use 

 of the aids and disposition of the weights, 

 as the horse is about to change the lead, 

 will give the poise, at the moment the 

 fore-hand is in the air, which enables 

 the horse to take the new lead with 

 smoothness and exactness. The appli- 

 cation of the aids must be made with 

 celerity, but without unnecessary force 

 or effort upon the part of the rider. 



