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IS when the horse's fore legs and forehand are 

 raised higher than in the terra a terra, and his 

 motion sloM^er, as he is kept longer on his 

 haunches, with his fore parts poised in the air. 

 The coi vet is' an air in which the horse's legs 

 and forehand are raised still higher than in the 

 two preceding, it being a sort of high leap, as 

 when a horse takes a gate, and, when the fore 

 legs are at their intended height and beginning 

 to fall, he raises his hind legs equally high ; so 

 that in this motion all his four legs are in the 

 air at once, the tv/o fore feet coming down 

 first together, and the hind feet after, marking 

 only two times. The capriole is when ahorse 

 is at his full height in making his leap : he 

 v/ith a sudden exertion strikes cut his 

 hind legs together •, the shoes meet when the 

 legs are at their full extent, and make a noise 

 by thus forcibly coming together. The croup- 

 ude is when a horse trusses his hind legs up 

 to his belly, as in taking a high standing 

 leap. This he naturally does to clear the object 

 he has to pass. The balotate is a leap in 

 which a horse attempts to strike out with his 

 hind legs, but does not 5 only shewing the shoes 

 of his hind feet. This he does v/hen he finds 



