MODERN RIDING. 



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lines he is to work on, — carried higher than 

 the inner, to raise the action and animation 

 without moving the hand that supports the 

 position, — and if the outer elbow is raised, 

 the hand, elbow, and shoulder must be of a 

 parallel height, and form a graceful arch. 



When you change, the whole must be per- 

 formed smoothly and evenly at one and the 

 same instant; so that, at the finish of the 

 cadence, your body, hands, thighs, and legs 

 are reversed, for the horse to commence his 

 next cadence with the contrary leg. 



The other Changes in the Gallop are done 

 on a similar principle, — a due regard to the 

 position of the horse before you change, that, 

 when changed, he may be capacitated to pro^ 

 ceed on the intended lines. 



III. The pupil should also practise the 

 Stop frequently, always changing the place 

 where he stops, lest the horse should prepare 

 himself to halt when he comes to the place at 

 which he has been accustomed to stop. 



