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matter, I found that there was much to be said in 

 favour of each mode, and the innovation was to be 

 defended particularly with regard to meeting and 

 disposing of the impulse, which it should be remem- 

 bered comes from the side of the raised fore-leg. 

 But I do not think the question of sufficient import- 

 ance to discuss, as the principle that one side can be 

 lightened by restraining the other is evident, and 

 the occasions upon which either side could be 

 lightened with advantage by a direct tension upon 

 the opposite rein would be rare. 



We now come to a consideration of the high-airs 

 of the manege ; and first, of the Pesade, which is the 

 foundation of the others. In the pesade the horse 

 takes the weight upon the flexed hind-legs, raises 

 the forehand slightly from the ground, and extends 

 the fore-arms with the lower parts of the fore-legs 

 bent back. The neck must be curved, the jaw 

 pliant, and the face in the position that would be 

 vertical to the Qrround if the horse stood on the four 

 feet. It is usually taught in the pillars, by inducing 

 the horse to carry the hind-legs under the body, and 

 inviting it to rise by a gentle support upon the 

 reins, the bend of the fore-legs being obtained by 

 light taps of the whip applied below the knee. The 

 pesade may also be produced from the piaff by 

 throwing back the weights, carrying the hind-k js 



