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they are too short, they oblige him to let his 

 knees fall, which would carry the heels too 

 far in the rear, which would oppose the move- 

 ments of all the lower parts. 



You will repeat with spurs and stirrups, 

 the lessons of walking, of trotting, of trotting 

 on a circle, and on a gallop, always taking 

 care to commence, and finish, each lesson, by 

 some exercises of the precedent lessons. It 

 is by these different exercises repeated with 

 perseverance, and often, that you will attain 

 the removal of the greatest faults, to which a 

 beginner is subject. 



When the scholar will be perfectly instruct- 

 ed in these first lessons, he should not cer- 

 tainly flatter himself with being a consummate 

 horseman, but he will at least be in a state to 

 manage a horse with grace and facility, and 

 if he wishes to acquire a little more dexterity, 

 he might pass to the following lesson. 



Of the Shoulder inward, and of the Croup 

 to the wall. 



These two lessons are excellent to perfect 

 the suppling of a young horse, when he will 

 have been sufficiently exercised on the trot to 



