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We have already faid, that there are fome Horfes, which 

 from Weaknefs in their Make, can never be brought to form 

 a juft and beautiful Stop. There are others likevvife, who 

 are apt to ftop too fuddenly and {hort upon their Shoulders, 

 tho' otherwife naturally too much raifed before, and too 

 light. Thefe employ all their Power in order to flop all at 

 once, In hopes either of putting an end to the Pain they 

 feel, from the Rudenefs of the Stop ; or elfe perhaps that 

 fome Defcdt of Sight makes them apprehend they are near 

 fomething that they fear, for almoft all Horfes, blind of 

 one Eye, or of both, ftop with the greateft Readlnefs : take 

 care never to make this fort of Horfes go backward ; on 

 the contrary, ftop them flowly and by degrees, in order to 

 embolden them, remembrlng never to force, or keep them 

 in too great a degree of Subjedion. 



I HAVE thus fhewn, that a Stop that is made with Eafe, 

 Steadinefs, and according to the Rules, will contribute a 

 great deal towards putting a Horfe upon his Haunches, and 

 giving him that firm, equal, and light Apuy, which we 

 always defire to gain ; becaufe a juft Stop makes a Horfe 

 bend and fink his hinder Parts ; I have made it likewlfe 

 appear, that a fudden and ill-executed Stop raifes the fore 

 Parts too much, ftiifens the Hocks, and rather takes a Horfe 

 off his Haunches, than fets him upon them. Let us now 

 proceed to the Leflbn of teaching a Horfe to go backward. 



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