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before you put him to this, walk him gently round the Circle, 

 that he may comprehend and know the Ground he is to go over. 

 — This being done, work him in the Trot ; a Horfe that is 

 loaded before, and heavily made, will find more Pains and Dif- 

 ficulty in uniting his Strength, in order to be able to turn, 

 than in going ftrait forward. — The A6lion of turning trys the 

 Strength of his Reins, and employs his Memory and Attention, 

 therefore let one Part of your Leflbns be to trot them ftrait 

 forward ; finifh them in the fame Manner, obferving that the 

 Intervals between the Stops (which you fiiould make very 

 often) be long, or fhort, as you judge necefl'ary : I fiy you 

 fhould make frequent Stops, for they often ferve as a Cor- 

 rection to Horfes that abandon themfelves, force the Handg. 

 or bear too much upon it in their Trot. 



There are fbme Horfes who are fupple in their Shoulders,., 

 but which neverthelcfs abandon themfelves ; this Fault is oc- 

 cafion'd by the Rider's having often held his Bridle-hand too 

 tight and ftridl in working them upon large Circles : To re- 

 medy this, trot them upon one L.ine or "Tread^ and very 

 large ; ftop them often, keeping back your Body and out- 

 ward Leg, in order to make them bend and play their 

 Haunches. 



The principal Effecls then of the Trot, are to make a. 

 Horfe light and adive, and to give him a juft Apuy. In. 

 reality, in this Adion he is always fupported on one Side by 

 one of his Fore-legs, and on the other by one of his Hmd- 

 legs : Now the fore and hind Parts being equally fiipported 



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