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line, and on circles ; you must always return 

 to these first principles to preserve him and 

 confirm him in a bold and sustained action of 

 the shoulders and the hips. By this means 

 you divert the attention of the horse, and 

 relieve him from the subjection in which you 

 are obliiJjed to hold him, durino^ the lesson of 

 the croup au mur, and de I'epaule en dedans. 

 This author wishes that of the first short 

 lessons that you will make every day, the 

 first may commence by the lesson of epaule 

 en dedans on a walk ; and after two changes 

 of the hand on the same track, you will put 

 the croup to the wall with two hands, and you 

 will finish on a walk by a track on a right 

 line ; the second lesson after a rest should be 

 devoted to a bold and sustained trot : the third 

 and last will be like the first. By combining 

 thus, these three lessons, of epaule en dedans, 

 of trot, and of croupe au mur, you will see 

 if I may so speak, the suppleness and obedi- 

 ence of the horse, as well as the address of 

 the rider, increase. 



