120 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



to obtain that shifting and reshifting of 

 weight, which alone can make the execution 

 of this movement perfect ? If the impulsion 

 which, in backing, ought to come from the 

 fore parts, should pass over its proper limits, 

 the movement would become painful, im 

 possible in fact, and occasion on the part 

 of the animal, sudden, violent movements 

 which are always injurious to his organiza 

 tion. 



On the other hand, the displacements* of 

 the croup, by destroying the harmony which 

 should exist between the relative forces of 

 fore and hind parts, would also hinder the 

 proper execution of the backing. The pre 

 vious exercise to which we have subjected 

 the croup will aid us in keeping it in a 



* These displacements of the croup mean sideway dis 

 placement, or the horse s croup not being in a line with 

 the shoulders. TRANSLATOR. 



