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the otlier foreparts, by pressing forward, 

 delicately, at the same time the hips with the 

 calves of the leg, so that all the body of the 

 horse may rest in equilibrium upon the back 

 feet ; a movement much more difficult to be 

 executed by the horse than that of turning, 

 which is more natural. 



To make ^ stop well, you must take the 

 moment the horse is very animated, and make 

 him delicately feel the help of the legs, at the 

 same time that you will put your shoulders a 

 little backwards, and make the bridle more 

 and more firm, until the horse be entirely 

 stopped. You must, whilst you execute this 

 movement, close your elbows a little towards 

 the body, in order to have more security in 

 the bridle hand ; it is necessary that the horse 

 be straight in order that the hips be equal, 

 without which the stop would be false. The 

 stop in a trot should be made at once', the 

 back feet straio:ht, and not advancino- one 

 more than the other, but in the gallop, the 

 movement of which is more extended than 

 that of the trot, you must stop the horse, 

 two or three times, in proportion as the front 

 feet fall on the ground, in order that when he 

 lifts himself up, he may be on his hips. For 

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