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falsing Ills head by the use of the snaffle, as mucli as 

 possible ; whilst with the leg always drive him for- 

 ward to the hand ; this will soon make him carry his 

 head better. 



Uow to teach a horse to obey the pressure of the leg. 



On the word of command, '' Circle your horses to 

 the right on the forehand^'' (vide plate 6), the horse's 

 head remains straight to the front; apply the left 

 leg v/ell behind the girth, very quietly, and without 

 touching the horse's side with the spur ; press against 

 him till he takes a step to the right with his hind-legs, 

 take the leg from him, make much of him ; then re- 

 peat the same, and get another step from him, and so 

 on till he has turned about ; always pausing at the 

 half- turn. 



In this Lesson the horse should not rein back, but 

 his fore-legs remain steady, and his hind quarters 

 circle round his fore. 



At first the men should be directed to assist them- 

 selves when circling to the right on the forehand, by 

 feeling the left rein, and by touching the horse lightly 

 with the whip on the side, and close to w^here the leg 

 is applied, but very, very gently. 



'-''Circle to the left on the forehand'''^ is executed 

 after the same manner, but vice versa. 



It must be an invariable rule never to hurry a 

 horse in his bending lessons. 



By degrees, as the horses improve in this lesson, 



