PART I. 



OF THE HORSE, ITS EQUIPMENTS, AND THE 

 MODES OF RIDING. 



CHAPTER I. 



OF THE NATURAL PACES OE THE HORSE. 



The natural paces of the horse are the Walk, 

 the Trot, and the Gallop. These are all dis- 

 tinguished by the action of the legs and the 

 beats of the feet, which mark a sharp, flat, 

 slow, or rapid time. 



I. The Walk is the most languid pace, 

 being performed with less exertion than the 

 others. 



The action of the Walk is that motion of 

 the legs in which one at a time is off the 



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