72 SCHOOL-TRAINING FOR HORSES. 



press in the opposite spur and meet 

 the impulse of the spur with a tension 

 of the rein of the same side, to make 

 the momentary rest, and by checking 

 that side lighten the other. After a 

 few lessons the horse will make the 

 extended step with each fore-leg at the 

 appHcation of the spur and hand with- 

 out the whip, provided that he is kept 

 very light in front. This march can 

 readily be forced into a trot by in- 

 creasing the speed and continuing the 

 use of the aids. Two or three steps 

 only at a time should at first be 

 demanded at the trot, and the horse 

 must be kept collected and light in 

 hand; and, if necessary, the play of 

 the rein may be marked, as he raises 

 the hind-leg of that side. After the 



