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same time make him feel the help of the legs, 

 particularly of the right ; as soon as he will 

 have obeyed, you will make him lower his 

 head a little inwards, by rounding the hand, 

 the nails a little downwards, so that he may 

 feel the right rein ; you will hold the legs al- 

 ways near the body, to maintain the horse in 

 action, and to continue the measured move- 

 ment of the back part of the horse ; this is 

 what is called feeling the horse between your 

 legs. The high part of the body should be 

 held a little thrown back, and you must, from 

 the moment you feel his quickness relax a 

 little, yield your hand, and recover it back to 

 its former position instantly, without chang- 

 ing the degree of the pressure of the legs. 



When you will have arrived at the moment 

 for turning the corner to the left, you should, 

 without deranging your hand, in order not 

 to lose the bend of the horse, content your- 

 self with bearing a little to the left, and the 

 right leg will thus always be carried a little 

 forwards. To depart from the corner, you 

 let the hand fall on the right, which will hin- 

 der the second raising of the front part of the 

 horse; then the help of the legs, employed 

 equally, will force him to go forward on the 



