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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. IX. 



The rising of the body is not to be accom- 

 panied by any motion of the arms or lifting 

 the shoulders. 



The body must have no assistance from 

 the bridle to accompany the action of the 

 horse, the hand must be held steady, and the 

 reins of that determined length which pre- 

 serves a correspondence between the hand 

 and mouth; and though the rising of the 

 body diminishes the effective operation of the 

 appui, yet still there remains a proportion 

 according to the goodness of the rider's hand, 

 and the quality or fineness of the horse's 

 mouth. 



The small forward inclination of the body, 

 moreover, is not to occasion any roundness 

 in the back ; this is invariably to be hollow, 

 not only for the seemliness, but for the safety 

 of your person. 



The action of the body likewise must not 

 cause the legs to move. 



