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him, by being used the strongest ; both legs should urge him, 

 and the left guide him, by being pressed the strongest. The 

 rider should also lean his weight to the right ; and the shorter 

 the turn, and the quicker the pace, the more the horse should 

 be made to collect himself, and the more both he and his 

 rider should lean to the right. This is well seen, when a man, 

 standing on the saddle, gallops round the circle at Astley's. 

 There the man must keep his position by balance alone ; and, 

 were he not to lean inwards, — were he, for a moment, to stand 

 perpendicularly, — he would be thrown outside the circle by the 

 centrifugal force. In turning suddenly and at a quick pace 

 to the right, unless the rider lean his weight to the right, he 

 will, in like manner, have a tendency to fall off on the left. 

 If, by clasping with his legs, he prevent this, his horse will of 

 course be incommoded, by being overbalanced to the left, when 

 turning to the right. It is bad, in turning to the right, to 

 run into the contrary extreme, to the one-handed system, and, 

 slackening the left rein, to haul the horse's head round with 



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