THE EQUILIBRIUM. / 



The approximate equilibrium must 

 be constant, for the moment that it 

 is lost altogether the horse becomes 

 heavy, and one extremity or the other 

 must drag in action. This not only 

 applies to the forward or backward 

 movements upon direct lines, but to all 

 changes of direction and traverses to 

 either side. Of course, in every move- 

 ment the equilibrium is more or less 

 disturbed ; but the better it is kept, the 

 lighter and the more graceful will be 

 the action. 



