You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature; for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else.

Quote by William Cavendish

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But my method of the pillar, as it throws the horse yet more upon the...

But my method of the pillar, as it throws the horse yet more upon the...

By this way you may dress all sorts of horses in the utmost perfection, if...

By this way you may dress all sorts of horses in the utmost perfection, if...

Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and...

Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and...

Be always lavish of your caresses, and sparing in your corrections.

Be always lavish of your caresses, and sparing in your corrections.

Now being upon the haunches (as he necessarily must be in this case) is it...

Now being upon the haunches (as he necessarily must be in this case) is it...

But there is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled.

But there is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled.

But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we...

But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we...

The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in...

The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in...

These are excellent lessons to break him, and make him light in hand: but nothing...

These are excellent lessons to break him, and make him light in hand: but nothing...

And he that said that a horse was not dressed, whose curb was not loose,...

And he that said that a horse was not dressed, whose curb was not loose,...

Without knowing this, no man can dress a horse perfectly.

Without knowing this, no man can dress a horse perfectly.

You may observe in all my lessons, that I tell you how the legs go,...

You may observe in all my lessons, that I tell you how the legs go,...

You should pull him back besides in all the lines before the quarter, just as...

You should pull him back besides in all the lines before the quarter, just as...

The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the...

The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the...