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THEORY OF MOUTHING. 



fore. To obtain the step to the rear with the near hind and 

 off fore, we apply the opposite aids. In Fig. 7, the horse 

 is beginning to take the left diagonal step (near fore and 

 off hind), and is completing it in Fig. 8. For further 



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Fig. 7.' — Reining-back. 



information on the rein-back, I beg to refer my reader 

 to Points of the Horse, in which I have discussed this 

 pace at some length. The subject of reining-back is 



