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of Ground, that he forced and broxke through. — There is 

 another kind of Horfes, who to avoid being put together in 

 order to make a Pefade, as well as to refift the Rider, will 

 fling their Croupe in and ota^ fometimes to one fide, fome- 

 times to the other ; in this Cafe, if you perceive that your 

 Horfe is apt to fling his Croupe more to the Left than to 

 the Right, you muft put him to the Wall, the Wall be- 

 ing on the Left-hand, and there fupport and confine him 

 with your Right-leg, and ei^en pinch him if there fhould 

 be occaflon ; taking care to carry your Hand to the Right, 

 but imperceptibly, and no more than what will juft ferve to 

 fliorten the left Rein. 



If he throws himfelf to the Right, you muft put him fo 

 as to have the Wall on the Right ; you muft fupport and 

 pinch him with your Left -leg, and fliorten your Right- reir 

 by carrying your Hand to the Left, — I muft however re^ 

 peat it over and over, that in a LeflTon of this kind, ii 

 which a Horfe may find out Methods and Inventions to refif 

 and defend himfelf; I fay, in giving fuch LeflxDus, the Ridei 

 ought to be Mafter of the fureft Judgment and moft con 

 fummate Prudence. 



Moreover, you fliould take care not to fall into thf 

 Miftake of thofe who imagine that the higher a Horfe rifes, 

 the more he is upon his Haunches. — In the Pefade, the 

 Croupe is pufhed back, and the Horfe bends his Haunches ; 

 but if he rifes too high, he no longer fits upon his Haunches, 

 for from that Moment he becomes ftiff", and ftands ftrait 



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