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leg and the rein, in such a way that their 

 motions will mutually sustain, without at 

 any time counteracting one another. 



I need not remind you that during the 

 whole of this exercise, as on all occasions, 

 the neck should remain supple and light ; 

 the head in position (perpendicular) and 

 the jaw movable. While the bridle hand 

 keeps them in this proper position, the right 

 hand, with the aid of the snaffle, is combat 

 ing the lateral resistances, and determining 

 the different inclinations, until the horse is 

 sufficiently well broken to obey a simple 

 pressure of the bit. If, when combating 

 the contraction of the croup, we permitted 

 the horse to throw its stiffness into the fore 

 parts, our efforts would be vain, and the 

 fruit of our first labors lost. On the con 

 trary, we will facilitate the subjection of 

 the hind parts, by preserving the advantages 

 we have already acquired over the fore 

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