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Horfe going thus fidevvays, carry your Hand a little out 

 from time to time ; the inner Rein by this means will be 

 fhortencd, and make the Horfe look m^ the more it en- 

 larges him before, by keeping his Fore- leg that is /;/, at a 

 diftance from the Fore-leg that is ont^ which confequently 

 bringing the inner Hinder-leg near to the outward, confines 

 his hinder Parts, and makes him bend his Haunches, efpe- 

 cially the outward, upon which he refls his Weight, and 

 keeps him in an equal Balance. — Never put your Horfe to 

 this LefTon, till he has been work'd a long while upon large 

 Circles, his Head /», or to the Center, and his Croupe out ; 

 otherwife you would run the Rifque of throwing him into 

 great Diforder. 



The greater part of Defences proceed from the Shoulders 

 or Haunches, that is to fay, from the fore or hinder Parts ; 

 and thence the Horfe learns to refift the Hand or Heel. 

 It is the want of Supplenefs then, that hinders the Horfe 

 from executing what you put him to do ; and how can it 

 be expedled that he fhould anfwer and obey, when he is 

 ftiff in the Shoulders, Haunches, and Ribs ? efpecially if, 

 without refledling that Supplenefs is the Foundation of all, 

 you prefs and teize him, and put him to Leflbns beyond his 

 Power and Capacity. 



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