10 INTRODUCTION, 



an animal that is the safer and pleasanter 

 to ride, by reason of his lightness and 

 obedience. 



Nor do I see any grounds for the 

 principal objection against school train- 

 ing, that it decreases the speed of the 

 horse. It is true that In the balanced 

 movements of the manege the horse is 

 made to step short, both to retain the 

 balance in the direct line and to enable 

 the animal to make short and sudden 

 changes of direction. But to enable a 

 horse to carry himself in the equilibrium 

 of the school his every muscle must be 

 suppled and strengthened, and I hold that 

 it is self-evident that when the horse is 

 permitted to extend himself his speed 

 would be the greater and his going the 

 stronorer for his tralnlnor. This Is evi- 



