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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. I 



CHAP. III. 



OF THE MODES OF RIDING. 



Manege riding is the art which teaches us 

 command over the horse. For this purpose, 

 it shows the effect and power produced by 

 every variation of situation and aids. These 

 are its means of rendering the horse obedient 

 to the most delicate touches, of riding him 

 with the greatest ease and exactness either 

 forward, backward, or sideways, and of mak- 

 ing him display himself in the most elegant 

 attitudes. 



By this method we ride with perfect se- 

 curity ; for though we do so with the highest x 

 animation, and occasional rapidity, we never 

 suffer the ascendency of the hand to be trans- 

 ferred to the horse. 



