FLYING AMBLE. 



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takes readily to the amble, his rider will find it a comfortable 

 method of travelling. The remarks I have made on page 82, 

 et seq,, with reference to the merits of trotting, apply equally 

 well to ambling, with the exception that the equilibrium of 

 the animal's body is not maintained as easily in it as in the 



Fig. 70— Beginning of Right Support. 



Fig. 71. — Middle of Right 

 Support. 



Fig. 72.— End of Right 

 Support. 



Fig. 73.— -Suspension. Fig. 74.— Left Support. 



Fast or Flying Amble. 



trot, which, consequently, is the less fatiguing pace to the 

 horse. The amble is a natural pace of the camel. 



The amble is, probably, a slightly faster pace than the 

 trot ; the apparent cause being that the equilibrium is more 

 insecure (p. 54) in the former than in the latter. 



