132 A NEW SYSTEM 



CHAP. XX. 



Of Caprioles. 



THERE is no fuch Thing as an univerfal Horfe ; 

 that is, as a Horfe who works equally well upon all 

 Airs, the T'erre-a-Terre^ the Curvets, Mezair, Croupades, 

 BalotadeSy and Caprioles, each Horfe having a particular 

 Difpolition, which inclines to fome certain Air which fuits 

 him beft. A Horfe that is naturally inclin'd to the high 

 Airs, ought to be managed with great Gentlenefs and Pa- 

 tience ; inafmuch as he will be in greater Danger of being 

 difgufted and fpoil'd, as his Difpofition to the high Airs is 

 owing generally to the Gaiety and Sprightlinefs of his Tem- 

 per ', and as fuch Tempers are ufually averfe to Subjedion, 

 Conftraint and Corredion, Rigour and Severity would make ■ 

 him become timid and angry, and then he could not at- 

 tend to and catch the 7'ime, Order, and Meafure of the high 

 Airs ; therefore if you would reduce him to the Juftnefs of 

 the high Airs, and teach him their Harmony and Meafure, 

 you muft not exped to fucceed by any other ways than by 

 giving your Inftru6tions with great Patience and Judgment, 

 and foon or late he will be gain'd. 



The Feet are the Foundations upon which all the high 

 Airs, if I may ufe the Word, are built. They ought then 

 to be attended to very ftridly ; for if your Horfe has any 

 Pain, Weaknefs, or other Defed in his Feet, he will be fo 



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