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mated with the whip. To begin or fee off to the left- 

 hand, is generally moll approved : this may beft be 

 done, if the horfe, at going off turns to the right *; 

 and the fign is given him with the wand or whip. 

 He who prefers the Left, fliould begin from the Right ; 

 and when the horfe is ready, and in a proper pofture, 

 the rider fhould make the Change, and wheel off to the 

 left. The horfe being thus turned to the Left, will 

 Lead with his Left-Foot, and to the Right with the Right- 

 Foot. 



We recommend that manner of exerciling an horfe, 

 which is called IlsJrj f, becaufe it ufes him to turn to 

 either fide, and fupples him both to the Right and 

 Left. 



The horfe alfo fliould be worked ftraight forward, as 

 well as upon a circle, as the change from one to the 



* The meaning of this feems to be, that when the rider intends to 

 go to the Left, he fhould firft turn a little to the Right, in order to take 

 a compafs, and turn the horfe to the left with more freedom and 

 grace, 



-f- This has already been mentioned, but here the word Uih feems 

 more plainly to indicate a chain, which was ufed to make the horfe 

 work to both hands, and probably was intended to operate in the 

 fame manner as the Loiige in our maneges j or elfe it might be a Side 

 rein, which was ufed according to the hand to which the horfe was 

 worked. Vid. Julius Pollux, Lib. i. cap. 2. — He and Stevens men- 

 tion two methods of working, flraight forward, and upon circles, to 

 either hand, and cite the above mentioned paflage. Mefychius feems 

 to explain it in this manner ; others think the mh was a fhackle, or 

 chain, faftened to the feet, in order to form the pace, and make the 

 horfe lift his legs, and acquire a lofty adion. Aldrovand. 



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