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application of the aids. This regularity 

 may be aided by the encouragement or 

 the soothing of the animal by the rider's 

 voice, as the horse hangs back or hastens 

 forward. 



The horse should be brought to a 

 halt by the rider pressing in his heels, to 

 carry the hind-legs under the animal, and 

 the hand quickly acting upon the mouth 

 to check the forward motion. The hand 

 to follow the pressure of the heels in time 

 to prevent a second step by the hind- 

 legs, but so gently as not to harass the 

 horse. 



In the same way the horse will be made 

 to take and keep a slow, measured trot, 

 the action of the animal, not his speed, in- 

 creased by means of the aids. But these 

 lessons must not be carried too far, as it 



