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in an easy and light manner. Let him 

 be satisfied with a few steps well done 

 each day, until the horse acquires perfec- 

 tion in the movement. The lee:s will 

 always be carried close to the sides of the 

 horse to keep him straight, and to prevent 

 the forces from yielding too much ; the 

 hand must influence the forces of the 

 fore-hand only enough to produce the 

 backward motion, without brinmnor them 

 back so far as to destroy the equilibrium. 

 When the rider wishes to stop the horse 

 backing, he wdll increase the pressure of 

 the legs and yield the hand in some 

 cadence of the movement, and will start 

 the horse forward in the walk without 

 coming to a marked halt. 



The horse may be made to go back- 

 wards with the actions of the trot or 



