fatiguing one. The ruses of a horse are infinite. The breaker has to checkmate them by tact, art and energy.

THE WALK.

It is most important that a horse should walk with long, regular and free steps, which can be obtained only by allowing the animal great liberty of head and neck. If the horse is lazy or dull, he should be made to go on, by closing the legs. If he is impetuous, impatient, or fidgety, he should be patted on the neck and encouraged by the voice. He should be at once stopped if he begins to trot. No mistake should be made between the trot and jog, which are entirely different paces. Jogging, which is often adopted by the horse, is very difficult to correct when it has become a habit. It spoils the long striding walk, and is very fatiguing to the rider. Keeping the horse in hand shortens the steps of the walk, which become higher and shorter, according as the neck is raised and the head is brought into a vertical position. The same thing occurs in the trot and canter. The well-collected horse is handsome, but he does not cover much ground.

TO HALT AND STAND STILL.

It is absolutely necessary to be able to stop the horse when one wishes. As a rule, the halt ought to be made progressively and not abruptly. It can be made at any pace, and often even in cases when a sudden halt is indispensable.

The means for stopping the horse is always the same—namely, raise the snaffle reins while drawing them back with an equal feeling on both reins, so as to bring the weight on the hind quarters ; at the same time, close both legs strongly to bring the hocks under the animal's body, and feel the curb reins. The horse is then between the hands and legs.

I cannot say that these three movements should be absolutely simultaneous. They certainly come one after another,