20 6 The Compleal Horfeman : or, 



your outward Heel, then with your outward Spur 

 put it in •, and if he put it in too much, by throw- 

 ing it upon your inward Heel, then with your *#* 

 ward Spur force it out again. If he go too much 

 upon his Shoulders, then flop him frequently, and 

 make him go back, and alfo ftay him well upon the 

 Hand, as you are galloping him ', but if he go upon 

 his Haunches, then continue him fo. If he rife before 

 when you would not have him, then as he is falling, 

 give him the Spurs; and being thus put from his 

 own Will to yours, he will become a Ready Horfe. 



CHAP. VIII. 



The true and exact Method to make a Horfe go 

 Terra a Terra. 



TH E Square for Terra a Terra is preferable to a 

 Circle •, therefore work your Horfe always 

 upon a pretty large Square of twenty four or thirty 

 Foot Diameter, and do you fit ftraight in the Saddle, 

 poifing a little more upon your outward Stirrup than 

 your inward but do not lean too much upon it, 

 only the outward Leg to be a little longer than the 

 inward, and the inward Leg to be a little before it, 

 and but a very little neither. You mult: reft all up- 

 on the Twifv and Stirrups, and fit as near to the Pom- 

 mel of the Saddle as you can, your outward Leg dole 

 to the Horfe, with the Knee of it turned inwards, 

 and Miff in the Hamme to bring the Calf of your Leg 

 the nearer to the Horfe's Side. Then for the Bridle* 

 Hand, if you are going to the Right Hand, put your 

 Hand upon the Outfide of his Neck, turning up your 

 little Finger to make it refpeft your Left Shoulder, 

 which will pull the inward Rein that lieth above your 

 little Finger, your Arm being a little oblique from 

 your Body, and your Left Shoulder turned a little in, 



which 



