IN TROD UCTION. \ \ 



denced, too, in the buck-jumps and the 

 other high movements of the manage. In 

 the limited area of the riding-school, the 

 trained horse will take leaps that would 

 do credit to the most active hunter, while 

 the latter would not find room to turn in 

 his lumbering gallop. Why this supple- 

 ness and strength should decrease the 

 natural speed of the horse I cannot con- 

 ceive, and I think that the idea originated 

 in the belief that the short step of the 

 balanced horse is the natural result of a 

 cramped training-ground, and not, as is 

 the fact, purposely brought about by 

 strengthening and suppling the animal, 

 so that he may carry himself lightly. 



It should be observed that in modern 

 school-riding, the forces of the horse are 

 brought into balance, so that no undue 



