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obtain and preserve forward impulsion for the extended leg, while the other three are going back.[1]
It is, of course, understood that all these movements are done by means of the "aids" I have described. A repetition of this would be useless to anyone who has attentively read the preceding chapters.
SCHOOL HORSE FOR LADIES.
A high-school horse which is required for a lady, ought to be particularly supple, and should work from right to left with more ease than from left to right, because a lady rider does the movements from left to right as easily as a man, for she has on the left side the same "aids" as he has, namely, leg and spur. But in the movements from right to left, her whip, which is far less powerful than a leg armed with a spur, replaces the right leg of a horseman. If the horse is not very clever in movements from right to left, the action of the whip will be insufficient. This fact holds good in all kinds of work. Especially in the "two tracks," the lady's horse does not hold himself so well, and is not so completely in hand from right to left as from left to right. The changes of leg are also more difficult from right to left. In the Spanish walk, the near leg is not raised so high, and is not so well extended as the off leg. Increased severity in the application of the whip will cause
Figs. 69 and 70.—Germinal at the canter to the right on three legs to the rear. Fig. 69, second time. The off hind has just come down after the near hind. For obtaining the extension of the off fore, the spur gives the impulse that preserves the seat, which makes the horse rein back. We can see that the horse's head is a little beyond the perpendicular, and that the reins are slack.
Fig 70, third time. The near fore has just been put down behind its point of departure, and the off fore, which would be in support during the fourth time, remains in the air.
The bringing together of the three legs in support shows the extent of ground which has been gained to the rear. The seat is continuously drawn back. The reins, especially the off snaffle rein, are drawn up a little, in order to keep the off fore in the air.
These illustrations enable us to appreciate the delicacy of the "aids." ↩︎