FALSE AND TRUE YIELDING. 101 



It should be remembered that the horse 

 has two ways of responding to the pressure 

 of the bit ; by one he yields, but withdraws 

 himself from it at the same time by shrink 

 ing and coming back to his former position. 

 This kind of yielding is only injurious to his 

 education, for if the hand is held too forci 

 bly, if it does not wait till the horse changes 

 of his own accord the position of his head, 

 the backward movement of his body would 

 precede, and be accompanied by a shifting 

 of the weight backwards. In this case, the 

 contraction of his neck remains all the 

 while the same. The second kind of yield 

 ing, which contributes so greatly to the 

 rapid and certain education of the horse, is 

 effected by giving a half or three-quarter 

 tension to the reins, sustaining the hand 

 as forcibly as possible without bringing it 

 near the body. In a short time the force 

 of the hand, seconded by the continued 



