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Cu7'vets made backward are more fatiguing, and more 

 apt to make a Horfe rebel, than Curvets ftrait forward upon 

 the Voltes^ Demi-voltes^ or Jidcways. — To teach him to 

 make them backwards, you muft make him go backward ; 

 afterwards put him to make three or four Curvets in the 

 fime Place, that is, without advancing. — Then make him 

 go forward again, let him make the fame Number again ; 

 ■and fo fucceffively till he makes them readily and without 

 Afliflance. 



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 By Habit he will expedl to be made to go backward im- 

 mediately after the Lift Curvet : now, the Moment he has 

 made one in the fame Place, when he is making the fecond, 

 feize the Moment juft as he is coming down, and pull him 

 back, marking a Time with your Hand, juft as you would 

 pull to make a Plorfe go backward which refifted the Hand ; 

 and this Time of the Hand being made, eafe it immediately. 

 In this Manner continue the 'Cu?'vets, pulling more or lefs, 

 according as he obeys or reftfts ; obferving to lefTen the 

 Times of pulHng him back, and to increafe the Number of 

 the Curvets backwards. — If he drags his Haunches, that is, 

 if the Hind-feet don't go together, but one after the other, 

 pinch him with both Spurs ; but you muft put them very 

 back, applying them with great DeHcacy, and taking care 

 that he be in the Hand when he comes down. — If with all 

 this he continues difu7tited^ aid on the Croupe with the 

 Switch, turning the bigger End of it in your Hand ; and 

 this will make him work and keep his Titm or Beats very 

 ..exadly. 



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