26o ON THE PACES, AND 



It may be remarked, that mod of the riding- 

 fchool gentlemen, are very fond of horfes car- 

 rying their heads high ; a form much more 

 fuitable for ftate and parade, than real bufinefs. 

 Almoft all the Arabians which come over hi- 

 ther, and which have been worked in their own 

 country, go in that manner. Work indeed 

 will bring the head down, but, perhaps, with 

 the nofe pufhed flraight out. Horfes, of this 

 form, are ridiculed by Baret, under the name 

 of Aftronomers, and Star-gazers. 



Indifferent horfemen mould never venture 

 on horfeback without fpurs. Let them reflect 

 upon the predicament, of being placed between 

 a deep ditch, and a carriage, at which their 

 horfe (hies. 



There is a circumfpeftion to be adopted ad- 

 vantageoufly by the unfkilful, which will, at 

 firft, give them the femblance, afterwards the 

 reality, of good riding. The method of taking 

 a rein in each hand, occafionally (much in ufe 

 of late years) gives the rider great command 

 over the mouth, neck, and fore -quarters of a 

 horfe. 



A good horfeman, without prefling too much 

 upon the mouth of his horfe, is always pre- 

 pared to aflift him, in cafe of a blunder, with 

 the united exertions of his arm, cheft, moul- 

 ders, and loins ; and, from the force of conftant 

 habit, this comes inftinclively, as it were, for 



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