MODERN RIDING. 1.2.9 



It is of importance to remarks that the rider 

 ought at no time, neither in the extended, 

 supple, nor equal trot, to confine his horse in 

 the hand, in expectation of raising him, and 

 fixing his head in a proper place. If the 

 appui be full in the hand, and the action of 

 his trot should be checked and restrained by 

 the power of the bridle, his bars would very 

 soon grow callous, and his mouth be hardened 

 and dead : if, on the Contrary, he has a fine 

 and sensible mouth, this very restraint would 

 offend and make him uneasy. The rider must, 

 endeavour, then, to give him by degrees, the 

 true and just appui, to place his head, and 

 form his mouth by stops and half stops,— by 

 sometimes moderating and restraining him 

 with a gentle and light hand, and yielding it 

 to him immediately again, — and by sometimes 

 letting him trot without feeling the bridle at 

 all. / 



The only proof, or rather the most certain 

 sign of a horse's trotting well, is, that when 

 he is in his trot, and the rider begins to press 

 him a little, he offers to gallop, 



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