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this is only owing to Fire and Impatience ; in this Cafe there 

 will be reafon to fufpedt, that he has not Strength fufficient 

 for this Manage, that he will foon do nothing but fhuffle and 

 throw about his Legs without riling as he ought, or elfe that 

 he will become entier ; but if he rifes freely and fufficiently 

 high, without being in a hurry, or ftiffening himfelf, and 

 bends his Hocks, it will then be very eafy to fhorten, re- 

 duce, and adjuft the Meafure of his Air, and to make it per- 

 fedl in proportion to his Refolution, his Strength, and Ac- 

 tivity. — If when you are going to raife him, he rifes fuddenly 

 of himfelf, confider whether this hafty Adlion be not a Proof 

 likewife of what I have jufi: now told you. 



The Beauty and Perfedlion of the fine Airs when neatly 

 executed, and their Time jufl: and true, don't confift fo much 

 in the Diligence and Quicknefs with which the Horfe brings 

 his Hind-feet to the Ground and makes his Beats ; for W. that 

 were the Proof, the Horfe would not have fufficient Time 

 to raife his Fore- part, and to gather his Fore-legs under him ; 

 but the true Meafure, and the Harmony of his "Tiine^ is when 

 the Hind-feet follow fmoothly, and anfwcr immediately to 

 the Fore-feet, and that thefe rife again in the Inftant that 

 the others touch the Ground. 



To teach a Horfe to hmt his Curvets neatly, and in an 

 equal 'Tiine and Meafure, take care to keep him in a good 

 and juft Apuy ; keep yourfelf ftrait and well flretch'd down 

 in the Saddle, but without any Stiffiiefs, preferving always a 

 certain Eafe and Freedom, wliich is the Charaderiftic of an 

 Horfeman : let your Hand be about three Fingers Breadth 



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