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speed without effort. The fore parts have 

 not, then, the appearance of towing after 

 them the hind parts, which keep as far off 

 as possible ; everything becomes easy and 

 graceful for the horse, because his forces, 

 being in perfect harmony, permit the rider 

 to dispose of them in such a way that they 

 mutually and constantly assist each other. 



It would be impossible for me to count up 

 the number of horses that have been sent 

 to me to break, whose paces have been so 

 spoiled that it was impossible for them to 

 trot a single step. A few lessons have 

 always been sufficient to get them back into 

 regular paces, and these are the means I 

 employed. 



The difficulty which the horse experi- 

 ences in keeping himself square in his 

 trot, almost always proceeds from the hind 

 parts. Whether these be of a feeble 

 construction, or be rendered useless by 



