90 EQUITATION AND HOKSE TRAINING. 



A horse with croup too high and whose weight is on his 

 shoulders will not be trained along the same lines as one 

 with high forehand or weak hind quarters. In one case 

 we must raise the head and force the weight back; in the 

 other we must lower the head and load the forehand. A 

 good horseman must therefore study his horse's conforma- 

 tion and adapt his methods of training to the kind of 

 resistance he encounters. This, in order to develop in 

 the animal, in action, a balance which is rarely to be found 

 in young horses. 



