There should be frequent rests, especially with recruits. During these rests advantage may be taken of the opportunity to question the troopers respecting the instruction they have received. In all exercises the instructor varies the gait so as not to weary the troopers or the horses. The instruction is conducted without hurry. The daily work begins and ends at the walk. =175.= _The standard required of troopers._--To be a good military horseman each trooper should-- (_a_) Have a strong seat. (_b_) Be able to apply correctly the aids by which a horse is controlled. (_c_) Be capable of covering long distances on horseback with the least possible fatigue to his horse and to himself. (_d_) Be able to use his horse to the utmost advantage in a mounted fight. (_e_) Be capable of riding across country. (_f_) Under proper directions, be able to train an unbroken horse in garrison and in the field, understand how to detect and treat the minor ailments to which the horse is liable, and be a good groom. All officers, in addition to being good military horsemen and instructors in riding, must be able to train remounts and to direct their training. =177.= _General provisions._--For the preparatory exercises the horses are saddled and equipped with the snaffle bit only, saddles stripped. Spurs are not worn. These exercises are conducted at first in a riding hall or on an inclosed course out of doors. References to the riding hall are to be understood as ordinarily applying equally to any out-of-doors inclosure or to the space included in any course marked off for instruction in equitation (pars. 269, 296). At first, the troopers, dismounted, lead their horses to the riding hall and return them to the stable in the same manner. When they have received sufficient instruction they go and return mounted. As soon as the instruction has advanced sufficiently to permit the use of such commands and methods, the instructor will confine himself to the commands and means prescribed in the School of the Trooper. TO FOLD THE SADDLE BLANKET.