THE TROT* 



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diagonals. Thus, some will put their weight only on the 

 right diagonals ; others, only on the left. I may mention 

 that, when rising in the stirrups, the rider's weight is borne 

 by only one pair of diagonals. As each pair has to do its 



Fig. 59. — Commencement of Right Diagonal. 



Fig. 60.— Right Diagonal. 



Fig. 61.— Right Diagonal. 



Fig. 62. — Suspension. 



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Fig. 63.— Left Diagonal 



Fast or Flying Trot. 



own allotted work, it is nearly as well to have both tired, as 

 one fresh and the other fatigued. The chief advantage 

 which rising in the stirrups has to the horse, is that the man 

 who adopts it, conforms better to the movements of the 



