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The ftrongeft Aid is that of pinching with the Spur ; the 

 next in degree, is applying the Calf of the Leg ; prefling 

 with the Knees is the third, and leaning upon the Stirrup is 

 the laft and leaft ; but if thefe Aids are given injudicioufly,. 

 they will have no Effc6l. They muft accompany and keep 

 Pace with the Hand ; for it is the jufl: Corrcfpondence be- 

 tween the Heel and Hand, in which the Truth and Delicacy 

 of the Art confifts ; and without this Agreement there can 

 be no riding. 



It is the Foundation of all Juftnefs ; it conftitutes and 

 direds the Cadence, Meafure and Harmony of all the Airs ; 

 it is the Soul of Delicacy, Brilliancy and Trutli in riding ; 

 and as a Perfon who plays upon a mudcal Inflrument ad pts 

 and fuits his two Hands equally to the Inftrument, fo the 

 Man who works a Horfe ought to make his Hands and Legs 

 accord exadly together. I fay his Hands and Legs fhould. 

 accord and anfwer one to the other with the ftridefl: Exa6t- 

 nefs, becaufe the niccft and mofl: fubtle EiTeds of the Bridle 

 proceed entirely from tliis Agreement ; and however fine and 

 nice a Touch a Horfeman may be endued with, it the Times 

 of aiding with the Legs are broken and imperfect, he never 

 can have a good Hand ; becaufe it is evident that a good 

 Hand is not the Offspring only of a firm and good Seat, but 

 owing likewife to the Proportion and Harmony of all the 

 Aids together. I underftand by the Harmony and Agree- 

 ment of the Aids, the Art of knowing how to feize the 

 Moment in which they are to be given, and of giving them 

 ecjually and in a due Degree, as well as of meafuring and 



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