220 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



Q. What do you understand by resist 

 ances ? 



A. The forces which the horse presents, 

 and with which he seeks to establish a 

 struggle to his advantage. 



Q. Ought we first set to work to annul 

 the forces which the horse presents for re 

 sistance, before demanding any other move 

 ments from him ? 



A. Without doubt ; for unless we do so, 

 the force of the rider, which should displace 

 the weight of the mass, finding itself ab 

 sorbed by an equivalent resistance, every 

 movement becomes impossible. 



Q. By what means can we combat the 

 resistances ? 



A. By the methodical and separate sup 

 pling of the jaw, the neck, the haunches, 

 and the loins. 



Q. What is the use of the flexions of the 

 jaw ? 



