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me tliat I can make him spring forward, rein back, or 

 turn to any side witli perfect ease. 



15. And how is it that ''he cannot help hi^aselfP 

 Because I have made myself master, by degrees, of 



all his strong places, being careful to attack them one 

 by one, and never to attempt ]^o. 2 till I was in full 

 possession of No. 1. 



16. Then^ according to your showing^ you first niaJce 

 yourself master of the forehand, then of the Jtamiches, 

 and then you comJjine the play of hoth hy ** reining 

 hack^^ and using the spur. Do you now consider 

 yourself inaster of your horse V 



Yes, I do. 



IT. ^Yhen you hend your horse to the right and left, 

 whether on foot or mounted, is it suficient thctt he 

 should champ the hit f 



Not quite, he should open his mouth and take no 

 hold of it. 



18. Do you continue these hending lessons long? 

 Until the horse yields and opens his mouth at the 



slio:htest feelino; of the reins. 



19. Li " reining hack^^ which comes first, " the 

 pressure of the legs^'* or " the feeling of the reins f 



First, the pressure of the legs, and then the feel- 

 ing of the reins. 



20. ^Yhyf 



Because the support (the hind-leg) must be dis- 

 placed before the weight is thrown on it. If the reins 



are felt first, the whole weiglit of the horse is throTvn 

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