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before on the right hand track, the shoulders 

 inwards and detached from the wall, as before, 

 and conduct him in this new direction until 

 you judge it proper again to change the hand. 



When the horse will commence to obey- 

 both hands, in the lesson of epaule en dedans, 

 you will learn him how to take the corners well, 

 which M. de la Guereniere again says, is the 

 most difficult part of this lesson. You must 

 for this purpose make the shoulders enter the 

 corner without deranging the head, and in 

 proportion as they go out from it, make the 

 hips enter it in their turn, in order that 

 they may pass every where through which 

 the shoulders will have passed. 



It is with the inside rein, and the leg of 

 the same side, that you can push the horse 

 forward in the angles, but when you turn him 

 on the other line it must be with the outside 

 rein, by carrying the hand inwards, whilst he 

 has his leg raised and ready to fall, in order 

 that by this movement the outside leg may 

 pass over the inside one ; you must at the 

 same time prick him with the inside spur. 



The lesson of the shoulder inside, or epaule 

 en dedans, should be repeated until the horse 

 takes the corners well, and executes all the 



