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the pressure of the legs as the tension upon the 

 reins is resumed, to prevent the horse yielding too 

 much to the bit. In time, when the horse will 

 continue the united trot without the aid of the 

 reins, the support of the legs will be withdrawn, for 

 a few steps, after the hand has been lowered. 

 Before the horse becomes disunited, the legs will 

 resume their support, and the hand will take the 

 necessary feeling upon the mouth. By gradual 

 stages, the horse will be brought to bear itself in 

 the united form without the support of the aids 

 for considerable distances, sufficient to confirm it in 

 the habit. In the same manner the horse will be 

 practised in keeping the united form at the walk, 

 and afterwards at the gallop. 



