aoo the Compleat Horfe wan : or, 



thus when he leaft thinks* of it: But if he incline 

 toftop of himfelf, then prefs him forward without 

 flopping of him, and then upon a fudden flop him 

 again when he is not expe&ing it. Repeat this of- 

 ten upon the Trot and Gallop, which will both fettle 

 him on the Hand, and put him upon his Haunches: 

 But after you have gained this Point, you mud not 

 pra&ife this LefTon fo frequently as before, becaufe 

 it pinches a Horfe too much on the Back, and makes 

 him afraid to go frankly forwards : Therefore your 

 Difcretion muft guide you, and, as I have told 

 you, you muft accuftom him toftop upon a Walk 

 and Trot before you adventure to flop him upon a 

 Gallop, otherwife you may pinch his Reins, ftrain 

 his Back- Sinews, and make him utterly to difgufc 

 the Manage. 



CHAR VII. 



How to make a Horfe fenfible and obedient to the 

 Heels , or to art fiver exactly the Spurs. 



T TAving in the two preceding Chapters fhewn 

 11 you how to work and fupple a Horfe's Shoul- 

 ders, with the Cavezon Rein in your Hand, and 

 not tied to the Pommel of the Saddle, which is the 

 better Half of your Work \ 1 will now teach the 

 other Half, which is to make him obey your Heels, 

 and to work Shoulders and Croup together, the 

 Cavezon's inward Rein being ftill kept in your 

 Hand, and not tied to the Pommel. 



Pull the inward Rein of the Cavezon with your 

 Hand to bring in bis outward Shoulder, and prefs 

 him upon the Infide of the Turn, that his Legs with- 

 out the Turn may be at Liberty to lap over his in- 

 ward Legs, which is called by Horfemen ?a]fagirj£ 9 

 and is performed for the molt part with the outward 



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