34 Manual of Equitation and Horse Training 



The equal or unequal partition of the mass of the 

 horse on the members which support it evidently has a 

 primary influence on the direction of movement taken by 

 the whole machine. 



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 r\ I cj b t" » o tli r e ci" rc?» gl o b jj o 3 lT» oo 

 ^ (in rear ol- vitW^ersJ 



When the horse is ridden, the mass which the mem- 

 bers support does not consist of the horse's weight alone; 

 to that must be added the weight of the rider— between 160 



