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hind-leg one step in rear, by a pressure 

 upon the bit. He will then be collected 

 and made to take one other step back- 

 wards in the same manner. The next 

 day he may be made to take two con- 

 secutive steps ; and he will be taught 

 carefully and without haste until he 

 will move back several steps and still 

 retain his lightness. 



The rider will then mount the horse, 

 and, having brought him into equili- 

 brium, will, by a pressure of the legs, 

 induce the raisino- of one of the hind-leers, 

 which with the balanced mass will be 

 carried back one step by a pressure of 

 the bit. The whole art of teachino; the 

 horse to back lies in these instructions ; 

 but the rider must proceed cautiously, so 

 that the horse will acquire the movement 



