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and confines and fixes the Croupe at the fame time. This is 

 not all, at the fame Inftant that your Hand operates, fup- 

 port your Horfe with your outward Leg : Your Hand 

 having determined the Shoulder, and fixed the Croupe^ 

 your Leg mufl help to fccure it ; for without the Aid of 

 tlie Leg, the Croupe would be unconfined, would be lofl:, 

 and the Horfe would work only upon one Line. You fee 

 then, how requifite it is for the Horfeman to be exad, 

 adlive, and to give his Aids with the greateft Delicay, in 

 order to begin his Change with Juftnefs ; becaufe it is. 

 neceflary, that the Times of giving the Hand and Leg, 

 fhould be fo clofe one to the other, as not to be perceived or 

 diftinguifiied. — You fhould never abandon, I have already 

 faid, that Rein with which you bend your Horfe ; this 

 is the Reafon — Every Horfe when he makes a Change,, 

 ought to look towards the Way he is going ; this Turn of 

 the Neck, this Attitude, enables him to perform his Work 

 better, and makes him appear graceful in it ; therefore i£ 

 be is turned or bent before he begins to change, why iLould: 

 you abandon the Rein that ferves to bend him ; fince ia 

 this cafe, you would be under a double Difficulty in want- 

 ing on one hand the Point of Apuy, which ought to be 

 found in the Reia which ferves to bend him, and the Point 

 of Apuy which ought to refult from the working of the 

 other Rein, which is to determine him. — The outward 

 Rein operates to bring in the outward Shoulder, your out- 

 ^ ward Leg accompanies the Adion of your Hand j liere then, 

 is your Change begun. 



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