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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. VI. 



the gallop, where the inner shoulder is the 

 advanced, or leads. The croupe, by this, is 

 thrown out ; that is, the hind legs describe a 

 circle without, or larger than the fore legs. 



In the same manner, if you work the horse 

 along the wall, though the horse bends his 

 neck within the house, if the hind feet do not 

 describe lines without the fore feet, the horse 

 does not work the lesson true. 



The position of the horse is bent, and he 

 works to the convex side, while his head 

 is turned in the opposite direction. — Plate 

 XIX. 



Hence not only the neck, but the shoulders, 

 loins, and haunches, become suppled ; and if 

 worked equally to both hands, this gives a 

 surprising capacity or ability to the horse. 



In the following Plate XX. Figure 1, the 

 dotted lines represent the outlines of a horse's 

 body, without having regard to the head or 



