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CHAP. VIII. 



Of the Pillars. 



IT is the fame with refpeft to the Pillars, as with all other 

 Leffons which you muft teach a Horfe, in order to make 

 him perfed: in his Air. Excellent in itfelf, it becomes per- 

 nicious and deftrudive under the Direftion of the Ignorant, 

 and is not only capable to didiearten any Horfe, but to flraiij 

 and ruin him entirely. 



The Pillar partly owes its Origin to the famous Pigna- 

 telli *. Meff. de la Broue and Pluvmel^ who were his Scholars, 

 brought it firft into France \ the firft indeed made little ufe 

 of it, and feem'd to be very well appriz'd of its Inconvenien- 

 cies and Dangers ; as for the other, one may fay, that he 

 knew not a better or fnorter Method of drefling and adjuft- 

 ing a Horfe. In eifedl, according to his Notions, working 

 a Horfe round a fingle Pillar could never fail of fetting him 

 upon his Haunches, making him advance, fuppling and 

 teaching him to turn roundly and exactly ; and by putting 

 him between two Pillars, provided he had Vigour, he was 

 taught to obey the Heels readily, to unite himfelf, and 

 acquire in a fhorter time a good Apuy in making Curvets. 

 If he wanted to fettle his Horfe's Head in a fliort time, the 

 Pillars were very efficacious. He tied the Horfe between 

 them to the Cords of the SnafHe which he had in his Mouth, 

 inftead of the Bridle. There he work'd his Horfe without 



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* He liv'd at Naples, and was the moll "eminent Horfeman of his Time, 



