The horse in the stable and the field : his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc. . long distances have perforce to be performed on horseback it is much than in England. The instability of the equilibrium in this pace necessitates it being some. Nvhat fast, probably faster than the trot of the same horse, on the principle ofthe spinning-top. In the cameleopard the amble is the only kind of progression, whetherthe animal goes slowly or fast; and in dogs, especially in pointers, grey-hounds, and Newfoundlands, this pace is occasionally displayed. LEA
The horse in the stable and the field : his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc. . long distances have perforce to be performed on horseback it is much than in England. The instability of the equilibrium in this pace necessitates it being some. Nvhat fast, probably faster than the trot of the same horse, on the principle ofthe spinning-top. In the cameleopard the amble is the only kind of progression, whetherthe animal goes slowly or fast; and in dogs, especially in pointers, grey-hounds, and Newfoundlands, this pace is occasionally displayed. LEAPING OR JUMPING 157 THE PACES OF THE MANEGE In the military schools op riding a variety of paces are taught evenin the present day, but the old riding-masters adopted many more, whichare now discontinued. Some of them are intended to enable the soldierto use his sword or spear with double advantage, as the volte and semi-volte, but the majority of those still retained are for the purpose ofcarrying out the combined evolutions necessary to cavalry. The passage,for instance, is a side movement, that enables a number of horses to bechanged from close to open order, which would be a difficult task to per-form with horses not taught to perform it. Backing is likewise necessaryfor similar
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