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Wlien the horse is thus far familiarly accustomed 

 to what you have required of him, then proceed to 

 effect by degrees the same crossing in his hinder 

 legs. By bringing in the fore-legs more, you will of 

 course engage the hinder ones in the same work ; if 

 they resist, the rider must bring both reins more in- 

 ward : and, if necessary, put back also, and approach 

 his inward leg to the horse ; and if the horse throws 

 out his croup too far, the rider must bring both reins 

 outwards, and, if absolutely necessary, he must also 

 make use of his outward leg, in order to replace the 

 horse properly : observing that the croup should 

 always be considerably behind the shoulders, which 

 in all actions must go first ; and the moment that 

 the horse obeys, the rider must put his hand and leg 

 again in their usual position. 



A horse should never be turned, without first 

 moving a step forwards : and when it is doing, the 

 rider must not lift his elbow, and displace himself; 

 a motion only of the hand from the one side to the 

 other being sufficient for that purpose. It must 

 also be a constant rule, never to suffer a horse to be 

 stopped, mounted, or dismounted, but when he is 

 well placed. The slower the motions are when a 

 man .or horse is taught any thing, the better. 



At first, the figures worked upon must be great, 

 and afterwards made less by degrees, according to 

 the improvement which the man and horse make ; 

 and the cadenced pace also, which they work in, 

 must be accordingly augmented. The changes from 

 one side to the other must be in a bold determined 

 trot, and at first quite straight forwards, without 

 demanding any side-motion on two jyistes, which is 

 very necessary to require afterwards, when the horse 

 is sufficiently suppled. By two pistes is meant, 

 when the fore parts and hinder parts do not follow, 

 but describe two different lines. 



In the beginning, a lo?ige is used on circles, and 

 also on straight lines, to help both the rider and the 



