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of effects ; finally, whenever his forces get 

 scattered, and act inharmonious! y, the rider 

 will find in this a powerful and infallible 

 corrective. 



It is by disposing all the parts of the 

 horse in the most exact order, that we will 

 easily transmit to him the impulsion that 

 should cause the regular movements of his 

 extremities ; it is thus also that we will ad- 

 dress his comprehension, and that he will 

 appreciate what we demand of him ; then 

 will follow caresses of the hand and voice 

 as a moral effect ; they should not be used, 

 though, until after he has done what is 

 demanded of him by the rider's hand and 

 legs. 



Tlie horses resting Ids chin on Jds breast. 

 Although few horses are disposed by nature 

 to do this, it is not the less necessary, when 

 it does occur, to practise on them all the 

 flexions, even the one which bends down 



