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line. This shows how susceptible and obe- 

 dient a horse is to the most imperceptible 

 touch i for while a proper correspondence is 

 maintained, and the appui delicate and true, 

 a hair's breadth alteration of position affects 

 the horse's mouth. 



This proportionate degree of aids proceeds 

 from, and is directed by, the eye. Thus : the 

 eye traverses about three or four yards before 

 the horse on the ground intended to be gone 

 over ; the body presents itself to the direction 

 of the eye ; the hand, in its proper situation, 

 moves with it; and the hand being moved off 

 the line, though but half an inch, directs the 

 horse off the line in that proportionate degree. 

 The more the circles are contracted, the eye, 

 of course, in traversing the ground, will be 

 the more directed to the hand you are work- 

 ing to, and, consequently, the body and hand, 

 presenting themselves in that direction, give 

 the proportionate degree of aid required. 



