. The education of the horse. Horses. HE GAITED HORSE yi T IS no easy task to give specific instruc- tions as to the development of the different gaits in a saddle horse. Horsemen generally understand and appreciate the long experience and skill required to fully bring out these characteristics. Horses not bred for the purpose are exceedingly difficult to impart this knowledge to, more so than in an animal whose ancestors have for years been trained and ridden in five gaits. To those who wish further information, and after having subdued and rendered the animal perfectly docile and easy to han
. The education of the horse. Horses. HE GAITED HORSE yi T IS no easy task to give specific instruc- tions as to the development of the different gaits in a saddle horse. Horsemen generally understand and appreciate the long experience and skill required to fully bring out these characteristics. Horses not bred for the purpose are exceedingly difficult to impart this knowledge to, more so than in an animal whose ancestors have for years been trained and ridden in five gaits. To those who wish further information, and after having subdued and rendered the animal perfectly docile and easy to handle, the following is an outline of study which is hoped w^ill be beneficial, although not perhaps wholly instructive, to those whose aim is to delve more deeply into this question. There is nothing more pleasurable than to have a horse who will change his gait at the gentle touch of his master and is the acme of comfort for both man and animal. He is so far removed from the ordinary square trotter as to cause one to pause and consider why the perfect gaited horse is not more universally used; the satisfaction and pleasure, coupled with general utility and traveling capacity, makes him PAGE 40. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Neal, Walter John. [from old catalog]. [Garland, Mont. ] W. J. Neal
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