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6. Trot with a sustained extension; the 

 horse, after having raised his legs, carries 

 them forward, sustaining them an instant 

 in the air before replacing them on the 

 ground. 



The processes that form the basis of my 

 method reproduce themselves in each simple 

 movement, and with still more reason in 

 the complicated ones. If equilibrium is 

 only obtained by lightness, in return, there 

 is no lightness without equilibrium; it is 

 by the union of these two conditions that 

 the horse will acquire the facility of extend- 

 ing his trot to the farthest possible limits, 

 and will completely change his original gait. 



7. Serpentine trot, the horse turning to 

 the right and the left, and returning nearly to 

 his starting point, after having made five or 

 six steps in each direction. 



This movement will present no difficulty 

 if we keep the horse in hand, while exe- 

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