MODERN RIDING. 1Q5 



To be certain that your hand and aids are 

 correct, you may at first have some mark to 

 direct your eye, which the horse would not 

 be directed by; for if your Circles were 

 trodden on a green sod, your horse would 

 of himself follow the beaten path, and you 

 would not be able to discover the truth of 

 your aids. Having, therefore, ground which 

 is not marked, if you place four or five marks 

 on each Circle, endeavour to pass directly 

 over each mark. You will then discover how 

 near you can work. 



Do not confine yourself to work the whole 

 time on two Circles, because that would not 

 only become irksome, but the horse might 

 work it by rote. After some continuance at 

 it, therefore, diversify your track, and change 

 your ground as often as you please, that the 

 horse may never be aware of your intention, 

 except by the correctness of your aids. 



Plate XXIV. will more clearly describe 

 the lines to work on. The intersection of 



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