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The CORRESPONDENCE is the eifective communication between the 

 hand and I lie mouth; the eppui is the quality or strength of the opera- 

 tion upon the mouth ; the support is the effect of the hand relative to the 

 position or action ; these are all to be maintained in inanege riding, 

 and in united paces; for independent of them, a Horse is under no im- 

 mediate controul, as we find in the extended gallop, or full speed, in 

 which it may require a hundred yards, to pull your Horse together and 

 stop him. The correspondence being understood,, the power and effect 

 of the hand will soon be ftilt and discovered by practice. For example, 

 the hand collecting the reins, supports the Horse; the legs press the 

 action, the a<tionby a proper correspondence, produces the app^i; and 

 the appui will be strong or light, according to the action or position, in 

 which the Horse works. 



The CIRCLE ; conceive one of thirtj'^ yards diameter, and the number 

 of circles which can be described by the Horse, within so large a cir- 

 cumference, by the operation of the aids. Even in the centre, these 

 aids, judiciously managed, can turn the Horse on three distinct and se- 

 'parate pivots; first, on his centre, or that point directly under the 

 horseman's seat, in Avhich the fore feet take place of the hinder, and 

 these of the fore : secondU^ on the fore feet, in which they keep their 

 ground, the hind feet moving round them : lastly, on the hinder feet, 

 which keep the centre, while the fore feet describe the circle. 



I return to Berenger, for a few practical observations on the functions 

 of the hand. A Horse can move four different ways : he can advance, 

 go back, turn to the right and left, but he can never make these different 

 motions, unless the hand of the rider permit him, by making four other 

 corresponding motions, which answer to them ; so that there are five 

 different positions for the hand. The first is that general position, from 

 which the other four ought to proceed. 



Hold j'our hand, three fingers breadth from your body, as high as 

 your elbow, in such manner that the joint of your little finger be upon 

 a right lincAvith the tip of the elbow; let your wrist be sufficiently round- 

 ed, that your knuckles may be kept directly above the neck of the 

 Horse ; let your nails be exactly opposite your body, the little finger 

 nearer to it than the others, your thumb quite flat upon the reins, 



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