26 HOW TO EIDE 



maintain the approximate equilibrium 

 in all the movements of the horse. 



But to obtain the control of these 

 forces, all the resistances, active or by 

 the will of the horse, and passive or 

 by the weight of the horse, must be 

 overcome. 



That is, the horse must be suppled 

 in the fore-hand and in the croup, must 

 obey the legs, and be amenable to the 

 bit. The method of suppling the croup 

 and of teaching obedience to the 

 pressure of the legs, w411 be treated at 

 length in the chapter upon *^ The 

 Pirouettes." We shall now turn our 

 attention to the fore-hand and to its 

 seat of feeling, the mouth. 



The horse must first be taught that 

 he cannot pass beyond the Hmit put 



