142 A N E W S Y S T E M 



CHAP. XXI. 



Of the Step and Leap. 



THE Step and Leap is compofed of three Airs ; of the 

 Step, which is the A6tion of the lerre-a-lerre ; the 

 rifing before, which is a Curvet ; and the Leap, which is a 



Capriole. 



This Manage is infinitely lefs painful to a Horfe than 

 that of the Capriole ; for when you drefs a Horfe to the 

 Capriole, he will of himfelf take this Air for his Eafe and 

 Relief; and in time thofe Horfes, which have been dreft to 

 the Caprioles, will execute only Balotades and Croupades, 

 unlefs particular Care is taken to make them yerk out. 



It is this likewife, which, next to running a brifk Courfe, 

 enlivens and animates a Horfe mofl:. — To reduce a Horfe to 

 the Juftnefs of this Air, you muft begin by emboldening and 

 making him lofe all fear of Correction ; teaching him to 

 keep his Head fteady, and in a proper Place ; lightening 

 his Fore-parts, by putting him to make Pefades ; teaching 

 him to know the Aids of the Switch, the fame as in the 

 LefTon of the Caprioles ; and by giving him a firm and good 

 ylpuy, full in the Hand ^ though it is certain, that the Step 

 contributes to give him this Apuy, inafmuch as that it puts 

 him in the Hand ; befides that it gives him Strength and 

 Agility to leap, juft as we ourfelves leap with a quicker 



Spring 



