. Riding and driving. FIG. 59.—THE SMALL PONY IS BUT A TOY. FIG. 60.—UNTIL TEN OR TWELVE, GIRLS SHOULDRIDE ASTRIDE The Walk and the Trot 91 condition that would ensue were it driven onbefore it had been prepared. This collectionwill be evidenced by the alertness of the impulsesand by the movements of its muscles, as the horsearranges the bearers to take each its share of theweight. To advance at a walk the rider will in-crease the pressure of his legs, or give a gentletap of the whip behind the girth, until he pro-duces the necessary impulses, which should be metby the hand in such a manner th
. Riding and driving. FIG. 59.—THE SMALL PONY IS BUT A TOY. FIG. 60.—UNTIL TEN OR TWELVE, GIRLS SHOULDRIDE ASTRIDE The Walk and the Trot 91 condition that would ensue were it driven onbefore it had been prepared. This collectionwill be evidenced by the alertness of the impulsesand by the movements of its muscles, as the horsearranges the bearers to take each its share of theweight. To advance at a walk the rider will in-crease the pressure of his legs, or give a gentletap of the whip behind the girth, until he pro-duces the necessary impulses, which should be metby the hand in such a manner that the horse willproceed in an evenly cadenced walk. The move-ments of the horse are due to the changes of thecentre of gravity produced by the impulses, andthe legs make corresponding changes of posi-tion in order that they may support the mass asit passes over them in any direction. As theviolence and rapidity of the changes of thecentre of gravity increase, so does the speed andalso the changes in the positions of the legs asthey are required to give
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