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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. V. 



Section II. — -Of the Canter in particular. 



In the early practice of the Canter, it should 

 be commenced from a short, animated, and 

 collected Trot. After some practice it may 

 be done from the Walk ; and finally from the 

 Halt. 



The first thing to learn is, how, in a proper 

 and horsemanlike manner, to put the horse 

 into a Canter ; for to begin the Canter well, 

 and to finish it well, displays more the skill of 

 the horseman than any part of it, 



To put the horse immediately to the Canter 

 from the spot where you may be standing, or 

 from any pace you may be riding, the hands 

 and heel must collect and press the horse 

 together : in other words, press the horse with 

 the legs, or animate with the tongue ; and at 

 the same time, with a quickening sensation in 

 the fingers, and a little raising of the hand, 

 invite the fore legs to rise in the action of the 

 Canter. 



