60 Curb, Snaffle, and Spur. 



of circles. As a rule, this bend should not be 

 very great, as the rider must avoid teaching the 

 horse to throw its head too far to either side ; but 

 the forehand must be so supple that, should the 

 rider require it, he can turn the head so far that 

 the horse looks to the rear. The horse must not 

 be permitted to volunteer the bend, or to bend 

 further than is demanded, or to carry the head 

 back to the line of progress, but the whole of the 

 forehand should be under the rider's control, and 

 the jaw should be light and elastic, and every 

 tension upon one rein must have its effect meas- 

 ured and controlled by the other rein ; that is, 

 in such demands for bends and turns, there 

 should always be a tension upon both reins, the 

 acting rein having the stronger tension, the other 

 rein guarding against too great an effect of the 

 acting rein. 



We have now but one exercise remaining for 

 the snaffle, the movement upon two paths, the 

 forehand on one path slightly in advance of the 

 croup upon a parallel path, the head slightly bent 

 in the direction of progress. When, in changing 

 direction in this movement, the forehand follows 

 the outer path of the greater circumference, we 



