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struggling with him. If he gallop off with 

 you, without your being able to modify or 

 direct with certainty his course, it proves 

 that, although subject to a certain extent to 

 your power, in thus consenting to carry you 

 about, he nevertheless uses his instinctive 

 forces. In this case, there is a perpetual 

 fight going on between you and him, the 

 chances of which depend on the tempera- 

 ment and caprice of the animal — upon the 

 good or bad state of his digestion. Changes 

 of foot, in such a state, can only be obtained 

 by inclining the horse very much to one 

 side, which makes the movement both diffi- 

 cult and ungraceful. 



If, on the contrary, the animal is made 

 submissive to a degree that he cannot con- 

 tract any one of his parts without the inter- 

 vention and aid of the rider, the latter can 

 direct at his pleasure the whole of his mov- 



