34 Curb, Snaffle, and Spur. 



While the other exercises on foot are being 

 employed, the preliminary lesson for carrying the 

 croup about the forehand may be given. The 

 trainer, standing at the shoulder of the horse, on 

 the near side, and holding the reins under the 

 chin of the horse in his left hand, should give a 

 slight tap of the whip upon the left side, near the 

 girths, so that the horse will take one step to the 

 right with the hind legs, the forehand being held 

 in place. This will throw the right fore leg a 

 little in rear of its proper place for the new posi- 

 tion, and it will be brought up by a tap of the 

 whip. Then another step will be demanded from 

 the croup, and the right fore leg be again brought 

 up to its place. In this way, step by step, the 

 croup will be made to go about the forehand, the 

 left fore leg acting as a fixed pivot, no step being 

 permitted that is not demanded. In the same 

 manner, the croup will be carried to the left, about 

 the right fore leg as a pivot, the trainer standing 

 at the shoulder on the off-side, and holding the 

 reins under the animal's chin in his right hand, 

 while, with the whip in his left hand, he delivers 

 the taps upon the right flank of the horse. 



