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the anterior winding line of its side, beginning, 

 however, with the primary section. Thus, if the 

 horse's right hiad-foot be raised, the weight of the 

 rider's body, thrown perpendicularly on the right 

 seat-bone, will brijig the right hind-foot to the ground 

 on its outer bearing by the primary section of the 

 right anterior line, without fully developing the 

 secondary section. It also reduces the working of 

 the secondary section of the right posterior hne. 



In ("bending") or "suppling" a hind leg, the 

 right seat-bone pressure should work with the 

 action of the left rein and left spur, so soon as the 

 horse's left hind-foot has grounded. In this way 

 the formation of the right posterior line is hiadered 

 by the left side of the bit, while the left posterior 

 and right anterior Hues, by their developement 

 through the left spur and right seat-bone, subtract 

 from the over-done " left-right counteractions '* 

 and tend to equalize the muscles. 



The spur in the flank passes along the hne on 

 which it may be apphed, from the posterior 

 end of the sternum to the hach^ at which point 

 it can be supposed to have a like influence to 

 the seat-bone. Hence it may be that Abd el 

 Kader described a perfect horseman as being able 

 croiser Us eperons sur le dos de son cJieval, i. e., 



