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C H A P. V. 



Of the Stop. 



^ I "^HE moft certain Method to unite and aflemble toge- 

 J. ther the Strength of a Horfe, in order to give him a 

 good Mouth, to fix and place his Head, as well as to regu- 

 late his Shoulders, to make him light in the Hand, and capa- 

 ble of performing all Sorts of Airs, depends entirely upon 

 the Perfedion and Exaclnefs of the Stop. 



In order to mark or form the Stop juflly, you mufl quicken 

 him a little, and in the Inflant that he begins to go fafter 

 than the ufual Cade7ice or Time of his Pace, approach the 

 Calves of your Legs, and immediately afterwards fling back 

 your Shoulders ; always holding your Bridle more and more 

 tight, till the Stop is made, aiding the Horfe with the 

 Calves of your Legs, in order to make him bend and play 

 his LJaunches. 



By varying the Times of making your Stops, and the 

 Places where you make them, you will teach your Horfe 

 to obey exadly the Hand and Heel ; which is the End that 

 every one fliould propofe to attain in every Kind of Exercife 

 ot the Manege. 



With a raw and young Horfe make but very few Stops, 

 and when you make them, do it by degrees, very gently,' aiid 

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