230 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



haustion can only result from the length of 

 time during which the animal will remain 

 at an accelerated pace ; and will not be the 

 effect of an excessive muscular contraction, 

 which would preserve its intensity even at 

 a moderate pace. 



Q. When should we first undertake to 

 make the horse back ? 



A. After the suppling of the ne ck and 

 haunches. 



Q. Why should the suppling of the 

 haunches precede that of the loins (the 

 reculer) ? 



A. To keep the horse more easily in a 

 straight line, and to render the flowing, 

 backward and forward, of the weight more 

 easy. 



Q. Ought these first retrograde move 

 ments of the horse to be prolonged during 

 the first lessons ? 



A. No. As their only object is to annul 



