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to whom proper Exercifes have taught the free Ufe of hi 

 Limbs, and him whofe Carriage is unimproved by Art, and 

 confequently heavy and aukward. 



'Tis juft the fame with refped to a Horfe; we muft have 

 recourfe to Art to unfold the natural Powers that lay hid and 

 are fhut up in him, if we mean he {hould make a proper Ufe 

 of the Limbs which Nature has given him ; the Ufe of which 

 can be difcover'd and made familiar to him no other way 

 than by working him upon true and juft Principles. 



The Trot is very efficacious to bring a Horfe to this 

 Union fo important, and fo neceffary ; I fpeak of the Trot, 

 in which he is fupported and kept together, and fuppled at the 

 fame time ; this compels the Horfe to put himfelf together : 

 in effed, the Trot in which a Horfe is well fupported partakes 

 of a quick and violent Motion : It forces a Horfe to colled: 

 and unite all his Strength, becaufe it is impoffible that a 

 Horfe that is kept together, fhould at the fame time aban- 

 don and fling himfelf forward. I explain myfelf thus. — In 

 order to fupport your Horfe in his Trot, the Hcrfeman fliould 

 hold his Hand near his Body, keeping his Horfe together a 

 little, and have his Legs near his Sides. The Effed of the 

 Hand is to confine and raife the fore Parts of the Horfe ; the 

 Eiied of the Legs is to pufh and drive forward the hinder 

 Parts : Now if the fore Parts are kept back or confin'd, 

 and the hinder Parts are driven forward, the Horfe in a 

 quick Motion, fuch as the Trot, mull of neceffity fit down 

 iipon liis Haunches, and unite and put himfelf together. 



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