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leaft Spring or Play in their Joints. The even or equal Trot, 

 is that wherein the Horfe makes all his Limbs and Joints 

 move fo equally and exadlly, that his Legs never cover more 

 Ground one than the other, nor at one Time more than an- 

 other : To do this, the Horfe muft of neceiTity unite and 

 colled; all his Strength, and if I may be allowed the Expref- 

 fion, diftribute it equally through all his Joints. 



T o go from the exte7ided Trot, to the fiipple^ you muft 

 gently, and by degrees, hold in your Horfe ; and when by 

 Exercife he has attain'd fufficient Eafe and Supplenefs to 

 manage his Limbs readily, you muft infenfibly hold him in, 

 ftill more and more, and by degrees you will lead him to 

 the equal Trot. 



The Trot is the firft Exercife to which a Horfe is put ; 

 this is a neceflary Leflbn, but if given unfl^ilfully it lofes its 

 End, and even does harm. 



Horses of a hot and fretful Temper have generally too 

 great a Difpofttion to the extended Trot ; never abandon 

 thefe Horfes to their Will, hold them in, pacify them, mo- 

 derate their Motion by retaining them judicioufly, and their 

 Limbs will grow fupple ; they will acquire at the fame 

 time that Union and Equality, which is fo eilentially ne- 

 ceffary. 



If you have a Horfe that is heavy, conftder if this Heavi- 

 nefs or StifTnefs of his Shoulders or Legs is owins; to a Want 



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