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The lady should begin to practise this pace as 

 soon as she is tolerably perfect in the walking les- 

 sons. This pace is the foundation of excellence 

 in all others. By its alternate action, we supple 

 every joint — the shoulders, the elbow, the knee, 

 the loins, the haunches, the houghs : we raise the 

 head and foot, and- make the mouth, without which 

 the faculties of the horse are confined, and all his 

 actions stiff and uneven. 



The perfection of the trot consists : first, in its 

 suppleness, which gives the horse a free use and 

 extension of his limbs, either on straight lines or 

 circles ; next, in its union, by which the labor is 

 more equally distributed, for a little observation 

 points out, that the horse's fore legs have a greater 

 portion to sustain than the hind, especially when 

 the horse is disunited, or, what is termed, on the 

 shoulders ; then in its action, which should be true 

 and equal, the liberty of the fore quarters not 

 exceeding the hind, nor the hind the fore, — the 

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