14 ON THE VALUE OF BOOKS ON RIDING. 



advanced at each stride, while the left legs have 

 been used like wheel-spokes, and the horse is said 

 to lead with the right side. 



The horse, in turning in the gallop, should lead 

 with the legs of the side to which he turns ; so that, 

 if he be leading with the right legs, and the rider 

 wishes to turn to the left, the lead must be changed. 



At first the young rider will not have the skill to 

 apply the aids quickly enough to make the change 

 while in the gallop, so he will pull his horse into a 

 slow trot, hold him well together between his hands 

 and his heels, and then press in the right spur, and 

 pull upwards on the left rein, when his horse will 

 resume the gallop with the left legs in the lead. 



After some practice in this method he will try to 

 make the change without breaking the gallop, the 

 right side being in the lead. 



To do this he will collect the horse between hand 

 and heels in as slow a pace as the horse will keep 

 steadily, then, to catch the cadence of the pace, he 

 will count, ' one,' ' two ;' ' one,' ' two,' etc. ; the word 

 ' two ' to be uttered as the fore-hand comes down in 

 each stride. At some moment when the rider 

 counts ' two ' he should press in the right spur and 

 raise the left rein, retiring at the same time the left 

 shoulder. If the aids be properly applied at the 

 right moment, the horse will change the lead of the 



