CHAPTER XIX

TRAINING OF THE HORSE

Value of a well-trained horse on service--Ill-tempered horses--The ideal of training--Seydlitz’s leap-- The mameluke--The aids, how arrived at from nature-- Their adaptation to our needs--Progress towards the campaigning horse--A Boer method--Officers training horses--The wrong leg leading in a race-- The free-jumping lane--Remount competition--Noisy instructors--Method of teaching horses to walk quickly-- Duty of squadron leader--His value if he has ability Page 191