62 THE ART OF 



Stop him again at the end of some steps, and 

 thus in order, to the end of the track. After 

 having let him repose there an instant, you 

 will feel the rein, and the left leg, in order to 

 change hand, and you will bring him back in 

 this manner, always on the side to the point 

 from which he had gone. 



As this lesson will fatigue and embarrass 

 the horse, at the commencement, if he be not 

 yet trained, you will conduct him at first 

 slowly, stopping him frequently to caress him 

 when he will have obeyed, and avoiding to 

 discourage him when he does not obey. 



If, going well on one hand, he obstinately 

 refuses to go, la croupe au mur to the oppo- 

 site hand, it will be a sign that the shoulder 

 on this side is not sufficiently supple, and you 

 should return him to the lesson of epaule en 

 dedans. 



M. de la Guerinlere thinks, that the lesson 

 de I'epaule en dedans and that of the croup 

 au mur which ought to be inseparable, are 

 excellent to give suppleness to a horse, a 

 beautiful bend, and beautiful posture, which 

 he ought to have to move with grace and 

 lightness ; it is not necessary for that purpose 

 to abandon the lesson of the trot on a right 



