THE SPANISH TJiOT. 73 



horse has made a few steps in the 

 Spanish trot he should be permitted to 

 resume his natural action, and he 

 should be rewarded for his exertions 

 by hand and voice. In time he should 

 perform this movement at very slight 

 indications from the aids, the thumb 

 of the bridle-hand being turned, at the 

 wrist, towards the right shoulder or 

 towards the horse's ears as the right or 

 left leg gives a light pressure to the flank. 

 We must not in the Spanish trot lighten 

 the fore-hand by the direct rein, as in 

 the gallop, because there must not be 

 a cross pull in any trot, and we con- 

 tent ourselves by producing the momen- 

 tary rest with the rein of the moving 

 hind-leg, and by checking that side give 

 freedom to the moving side of the fore- 



