30 HOW TO EIDE 



strained, and lightness must be kept 

 up by tbe gentle, intermittent tensions 

 of the curbs. If he hangs back the 

 heels must keep the forces of the 

 croup up to the point that is required 

 by the desired speed. 



It is through ignoring the fact that 

 a horse's fore-hand may be lightened 

 by the play of the bit, that induces 

 some writers upon riding to adopt 

 crude and improper means for pro- 

 ducing the different movements de- 

 pending upon that condition. A badly 

 trained horse wiU bear upon the bit 

 of the* heavy hand, and instead of 

 becoming hght in the front at its 

 pressure upon the mouth, the fore- 

 hand will be the heavier for this 

 opposition. It is for such horses and 



