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Steadiness of Head and Neck 53 



Flexions 53 



(A) At the Walk 53 



(B) At the Trot .54 



(C) At the Canter 54 



Eflfect of the Leg and Spurs 54 



Baueher's Direct and Lateral Flexions ... 54 



Side Movements . 56 



Reining Back . 57 



Turning on a Hind-Leg 58 



Turning : Result of these Exercises .... 59 



The Passage 59 



Changing the Leading Leg in the Canter ... 61 

 Carriage of the Head and Neck . . . . .63 



Paces 63 



(A) The Walk 63 



(B) The Trot 64 



(C) The Canter 65 



Punishment 67 



Anger and Opposition ....... 67 



The use of the Whip 68 



(A) First Lesson 68 



(B) Strong Impressions 69 



Training on Foot 71 



The Hunter . . .76 



Teaching him to Jump 76 



Refusing 77 



To get a Horse to go slowly at his Fences ... 78 



To make a Horse get up at his Fences .... 78 



French Plan of teaching a Horse to jump Timber . 78 



How to ride a Strange Horse 79 



Holding the Reins 80 



The Hunting Seat . . . . . . .80 



Riding' at[a Jump .,,.,,., 81 



