64 The Art of Riding. 



If the pupil has carried out the instructions 

 thus far he will have made considerable progress ; 

 and cantering, which is the next step, will be 

 found comparatively easy, much more so, in fact, 

 than previous exercises. A more careful attention 

 to the reins will be required in cantering than in 

 either walking or trotting, as we have hitherto 

 practiced them. The horse must be what is called 

 collected more, and a firmer and more sympathetic 

 feeling maintained over his mouth and movements. 



To collect a horse, in the full sense of the ex- 

 pression, is to have him well in hand, with his limbs 

 and frame well knit, and disposed in such manner 

 as will enable him to give the greatest and most 

 perfect expression to his strength and agility. In 

 his wild state, when he is under no control, and 

 subject to no influence but that of his own nature, 



