MODERN RIDING. 27 



By this continual restraint, the horse is of 

 course in general prevented from making the 

 speed his capacity would admit : and the 

 more he exerts himself to that purpose with- 

 out the rider's permission the sooner he is 

 exhausted. 



It is evident that to those who ride fast 

 long distances, or who hunt, the manege style 

 is not calculated, either as regards their own 

 ease or that of the horse. 



Nevertheless, besides the fundamental and 

 indispensable knowledge which it imparts, the 

 study of the manege has many advantages. 



We are not confined to riding in the manege 

 style when we find it more convenient to ride 

 in any other; but whenever we adopt the 

 proper style for more extended paces, and 

 suffer the horse to take a support and as- 

 cendency of the hand, we can, when neces- 

 sary, more readily recover the superiority of 

 the hand than those who are ignorant of the 

 "art. 



