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CHAP. VI. 



Of teachmg a Horfe to go backward. 



T"^ H E Adlion of a Horfe, when he goes back war d,^ 

 is to have always one of his hinder Legs under his 

 Belly, to pufli his Croupe backward, to bend his Haunches, 

 and to reft and ballance himfelf, one time on one Leg, one 

 on the other ; this Leffon is very efficacious to lighten a 

 Horfe, to fettle him in tlie Hand, to make him ready to 

 advance and go forward, and to prepare him to put himfelf 

 together, and fit down upon his Haunches. 



It fhould not however be pradlifed, till the Horfe has been 

 well laid out and worked in the Trot, and his Limbs are 

 become fupple ; becaufe, till he is arrived to this Point, 

 you fhould not begin to unite or put him together : Care 

 muft be taken, that this Adion of going backward be juft,. 

 and that in performing it, the Horfe keeps his Head fteady^ 

 fixt, and in a right Place ; that his Body be trufi^ed or 

 gathered up, as it were, under him ; that his Feet be even ^ 

 that he be not upon his Shoulders, but on the contrary,, 

 on his Haunches ; for if he fhould be falfe as to any of thefe 

 Particulars, this Leffon, very far from putting him together, 

 . would have the contrary Effedl, and dif- unite him. 



In order that a Horfe may be able to execute what is re- 

 quired of him, he muft firft comprehend what it is that is 



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