io8 ORDINARY RIDING. 



The suppling exercise, which we term lateral flexion, is 

 not the less necessary, because it demands much in order to 

 obtain little. But we must recognise the fact that in later 

 work it is enough to obtain a slight bend of the neck, 

 provided that the head and neck are always well placed, and 

 above all things that the jaw is loose. 



Fig. 38. — Lateral effects in rotation of croup and shoulders. 



ROTATION OF THE CROUP AND SHOULDERS. 



When I have successively made the horse readil}' }'ie]d to 

 the whip, and to perform the lateral flexions with equal 

 facility, I have then to combine both these movements into a 

 single movement. 



I have at first taught him to )deld to the \\hip from left to 

 right, while helping the movement with the near snaffle rein, 

 which draws the head to the left, so as to carry the croup to 

 the right. This work is called " lateral effects " (Fig. 38); 

 because the two effects are produced on the same side (left 

 rein and whip to the left). Having done this, I succeed, 



