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1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. xv. 164 Without it a horse can neither manage, turned vpon either hand, or doe any other ayre or salt with beautie or comlines.

1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie i. ii. 5 Those Horses which are designed to a lofty Ayre, and generous manage, must be of a Noble race.

c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses ii. 35 He never saw Horses go so well as they; all Sorts of Aires, as well for the Manage de Guerre..as in the Leaps.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Salts A Step and a Salt is an high Air, wherein the Horse rising, makes a Curvet between Two Salts.

1801 W. Frazer tr. F. R. de la Guérinière Treat. Horsemanship v. 54 The terre a terre is properly enough placed amongst the low airs, because it really is performed near the ground; yet it is the foundation of all the high airs, because all the leaps are generally performed..like the terre a terre.

1885 T. A. Dodge Patroclus & Penelope 58 Horses educated in all the School airs which are applicable to road-riding.

1932 R. B. Cunninghame Graham Writ in Sand 17 She touched her horse upon the shoulder gently, putting him through all the airs of the manège.

1987 Horse Internat. Mar. 3/3 Our Lusitanos were so happy in their work and so established in their changes, pirouettes, collected work, airs and so on, that they gave the riders enormous satisfaction.

1994 T. Boucher tr. F. R. de La Guérinière School of Horsemanship 105 The pesade is an air in which the horse elevates its forehand in place, without advancing.