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you for this laborious, but necessary practice, as 

 soon as you get promoted to the saddle. Do not 

 raise your hands or arms while trotting, by so 

 doing you present a very ungraceful appearance, 

 contract bad habits, make yourself unnecessarily 

 top-heavy, and so lose your balance. 



Keep the arms close into the sides, and the 

 hands well down, and trot on as often and as long 

 as you like. Drill yourself at this day after day, 

 and, if necessary, week after week, until you can 

 go at a fast trot with ease and comfort ; so far as 

 comfort can be had from such exercise. An hour 

 or two's practice on the rug and roller is always 

 useful, even when one can ride well. It improves 

 the seat, and gives greater strength and security 

 to even acccomplished riders. 



The pupil may now study the animal's move- 

 ments, and rise while trotting, as they do in 



