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this let him walk, quietly four or five Steps, that he may 

 make again the fame Number of Pefades^ and in the fame 

 Order. In proportion as the Horfe begins to underftand, 

 and is able to execute thefe Leflons, vou fliould augrment 

 likewife the Leaps one by one, without hurrying or chang- 

 ing the Order, making alv/ays between the Leaps a fingle Pe- 

 Jade^ but lower than thofe in the firft Leffon ; and then two 

 more again after the laft Leap, fufficiently high. By degrees 

 the Horfe will grow active and light in his Hind-parts, you 

 mufi: raife him then higher before, and fupport him longer 

 in the Air, in order to make him form the Leaps perfect, 

 by means of prudent and judicious Rules, often pradifed 

 and repeated. If your Horfe forces the Hand, or prefTes 

 forward more than you would have him, either from Heavi- 

 nefs of Make, or from having too much Fir^ in his Tem- 

 per .; in this cafe you fhould oblige him to make the Pefades 

 in the fame Place, without ftirring from it ; and inftead of 

 letting him advance four or five Steps, you fhould make him 

 go backwards as many. This Corre6lion will cure him of 

 the Habit of prefiing forward, and forcing the Hand. Upon 

 this Occafion likewife you fhould ufe a Hand-fpur to prick 

 Kis Croupe, inftead of a Switch. 



To make this Air juft and perfecSt, it is neceiTary that 

 the Adlion of the Leap be finifh'd as in the Caprioles, ex- 

 cept that it ought to be more extended, and the Pefade which 

 is made between the two Leaps fhould be changed into a 

 Time of a quick and fhort Gallop ; that is, the two Hind- 

 feet ought to follow the Fore-feet, together in a quick Time 

 aod brifkly, as in Curvets in the Mezair ; but in this the 



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