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by the hand without bringing pain 

 upon himself, but that so long as he 

 is obedient to the bit he finds comfort. 

 To this end the hand will firmly resist 

 any attempts of the horse to go beyond 

 the Hmit fixed, but it will make a 

 concession whenever he yields his 

 opposition. The next step will be to 

 make him relax his jaw and bring his 

 head into position, so that there will 

 be no opposition to the bit. To ac- 

 compHsh this the rider will be mounted 

 and the horse will be kept upon his 

 ground. Taking the curb-reins in the 

 left hand, the rider will make gentle 

 vibrations of the right rein with the 

 right hand until the horse gives the 

 jaw. A word of encouragement will 

 be given and the tension will be re- 



