MODERN RIDING. l6'l 



neck, supposing you take your view from an 

 eminence directly over the horse, where his 

 body entirely obstructs the sight of his legs. 



Now when a horse works straight, we may 

 suppose that, if lines were drawn from each 

 quarter to each shoulder, it would form a 

 trapezium, — as represented in that figure. 

 The intent of this lesson, however, is to retain 

 the inner shoulder, and advance the outer; 

 and therefore, by working the horse in a 

 curved position, as Figure 2, if lines were 

 drawn from the points, as before, it would 

 form an oblique trapezium, and show the 

 inner shoulder retained considerably behind 

 the outer. 



This position of the horse's body affecting 

 the feet, if we draw lines through the angles 

 they will show the treads the horse's feet 

 work on, three or four in number according 

 as the shoulder is worked more or less in. 

 This may be seen by Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, which 

 represent the horse on straight lines and cir- 

 cles, in different degrees of suppleness. 



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