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depends. The four Legs of a Horfe may be compared to 

 the four Strings of an Inftrument ; if thefe four Cords don't 

 correfpond, it it impofliblc there fhould be any Mufick ; 

 it is the fame with a Plorfe, if the Motions of his Haunches 

 and Fore-legs don't act together and aQlfl: each other, and 

 if lie h.as not acquired a Habit and Eafe to perform what he 

 ouo-ht to do, the mofl expert and dextrous Horfeman will 

 never be able to acquit himfelf as he ought, nor execute 

 any Air juftly and with Pleafure, be it either on the Volte 

 or ftrait forward. 



Whenever you put your Horfe to the Paflage upon the 

 Voltes, he ought to make the fame Number of Steps or 

 Times with his Hinder, as with his Fore-feet ; if the Space 

 of the Ground upon which he works is narrow and con- 

 £n'd, his Steps fhould be fliorter. 



I WILL fuppofe that he defcribes a large Circle with his 

 Fore -feet; the Action of his outward Shoulder ought confe- 

 quently to be free, and the Shoulder much advanced, in 

 order to make the outward Leg pafs over and crofs at every 

 Step the innner Leg, that he may more eaiily embrace his 

 Volte, without quitting the Line of the Circle, and with- 

 out difordering his Hinder-leg ; which ought likewife to be 

 fubjeft to the fame Laws as the Fore-legs, and crofs the out- 

 ^vard Leg over the inner, but not fo much as the Fore-legs,, 

 becaufe they have lefs Ground to go over, and fhould only keep 

 the Proportion. — In working upon Voltes of two Lines, the 

 Horfe fliould make as many Steps with his Hinder as with his 

 Fore-feet; becaufe thofe Horfes whofe Haunches go before the 

 Slioulders, and who cut and fhorten the exadlLine of the Volte, 



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