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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. V. 



As the rider improves, he will encourage 

 his horse to put his foot out freely, supporting 

 his fore hand up, and his haunches under. 

 For this purpose he must keep up a sufficient 

 degree of animation ; and the instant he per- 

 ceives a languor, which may be felt before 

 any visible abatement in the action takes 

 place, he must throw in his animation in time 

 — a touch of the finger, the animation of the 

 tongue, the switch of the whip, or the appli- 

 cation of the legs, whichever comes the most 

 ready, so that it is not too frequently used to 

 lose its effect. 



Section IV. — Of Turns, Stops, fyc. in the, Trot. 



The operations, directed in the preceding 

 Chapter to be performed at the Walk, are 

 now to be practised at a Trot. 



On Turns and Changes in the Trot there 

 is nothing to be added ; but as stops were re- 

 quired to coincide with cadences, it is neces- 

 sary to observe that the first cadence in the 



