MODERN RIDING. 



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the gallop. It is mostly used to effect a 

 change ; that is, changing from the right leg 

 to the left, &c f 



The cadence of the Stop, half Stop, and 

 double Arret, are quicker than the gallop, 

 because, when the aids are thrown in to effect 

 the Stop, the hands check the fore legs, while 

 the rider's legs drive in the haunches ; and 

 this occasions the feet to come to the ground 

 quicker and nearer together. The cadence 

 of the Stop should be no shorter than the 

 readiness and obedience of the horse will 

 admit : the half Stop not quite so short ; and 

 the two Arrets still more moderate, by which 

 the horse stops with more ease to himself in 

 two cadences. 



As the Canter is a severe exercise both for 

 men and horses, the duration of it should be 

 short. 



