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at different paces to be sure ; but how dis 

 connected, how stiff, how ungraceful in their 

 movements, and how ridiculous such steeds 

 make their unfortunate riders look, as they 

 toss them about at will, instead of being 

 guided by them ! This state of things is 

 all perfectly natural, unless we destroy the 

 first cause of it : the bad distribution of 

 their forces, and the stiffness caused by a bad 

 conformation. 



But, it is objected, since you allow that 

 these difficulties are caused by the forma 

 tion of the horse, how is it possible to re 

 medy them ? You do not possibly pretend 

 to change the structure of the animal, and 

 reform the work of nature? Undoubtedly 

 not ; but while I confess that it is impossi 

 ble to give more breadth to a narrow chest, 

 to lengthen too short a neck, to lower too 

 high a croup, to shorten and fill out long, 

 weak, narrow loins, I do not the less insist 



