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cond or third ; this will be to prevent the Rider in his De- 

 fign : And beino- alarm'd at the fliorlieft Motion of the Hand 

 he will flop all at once, leaning with all his Force upon his 

 Shoulders, and lifting up his Croupe ; which is a capital Fault,, 

 and not eafy to be remedied. 



Thus it may happen, that a Horfe may make his Stops very 

 defedively, either from fome natural or accidental Faults in 

 the different Parts of his Body ; or it may be owing to the Un- 

 fkilfulnefs and Ignorance of the Rider, or the EffecTt of Faults 

 and bad Leffons all together. Principles that are true and 

 jufi: will affift and reform Nature, but a bad School gives 

 birth to V'ice and Defences that are often not to be conquer'd. 

 It behoves us then to lollow with Exa^cnefs thofe Leffons 

 which are capable of bringing a Horfe to form a perfed: Stop ; 

 that is to fay, to fuch a Point as to be. able to make his Stop' 

 fliort, hrm, and in one timz ; and in which he colleds antl 

 throws his Strength equally upon his Haunches and Hocks,, 

 widening and anchoring, if I may fo fay, his two Mind- 

 feet, exadiiy even on the Ground, in fuch a Manner that 

 one does not ftand before the other, but both arc in a Line. 



It would be a Proof of great Ignorance to undertake to^ 

 reduce a Horfe to the Jufiinefs of the Stop, before he ha-d'. 

 been work'd and pufh'd out in the Trot and Gallop to both 

 Hands, or before he was fo ready as never to refufe to launch 

 out immediately into a full Gallop • for if he fhould hap- 

 pen to be refiiff^ fliould difobey the Spurs, or refufe to turn. 

 to either Hand, the Means that then muff be ufcd to lix 



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