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VI. 



OF THE CONCENTRATION OF THE FORCES OF 

 THE HORSE BY THE RIDER, 



THE rider now understands that the only 

 means of obtaining precision and regularity 

 of movement in the walk and the trot, is to 

 keep the horse perfectly light while he is 

 exercised at these paces. As soon as we 

 are sure of this lightness, while going in 

 a straight line, in changes of direction, 

 and in circular movements, it will be easy 

 to preserve it while exercising on two lines. 



I would here treat immediately of the 

 gallop ; but this pace, more complicated 

 than the other two, demands an arrange 

 ment on the part of the horse, and a power 

 on the part of the rider, that the preceding 



