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aids into effect, and not suffer the horse to 

 move off his ground ; for if the appui is too 

 weak, the horse will advance over his ground, 

 and, if too strong, he will retire from his 

 ground. But whether you wheel to the right 

 or left, let the aids of the hand, body, and 

 leg, exactly correspond, and practise, slowly 

 at first, as much to the one hand as the other. 



As the horse arrives at the situation you 

 intend him to halt, whether it is a wheel, 

 which is a quarter circle— about, which is half 

 a circle — or about and about, which is a 

 whole circle— the hand, body, and leg must 

 resume their proper straight position; the 

 hand being dropped, and the fingers eased, 

 that the horse may stand quiet. 



II. In wheeling the horse on his fore feet, 

 the hand has to support and confine the fore 

 part, while the heel directs the croupe round. 



The aiding with the leg will induce the 

 horse to advance, if a proper restriction be 

 not put in the fingers. The hand, therefore. 



