38 HOW TO EIDE 



rein opposed to that by which the 

 movement was begun. 



It only remains, for the present, that 

 the horse should be taught to bend the 

 croup, at the application of the heel, 

 sufficiently to put him into position 

 for the gallop. He will first be made 

 to take a step with the hind legs to 

 the right by the application of the left 

 leg, the right rein playing with the 

 mouth to remove the opposition of the 

 right shoulder. By inverse means the 

 croup wdll be moved a step to the left. 

 In all movements of the croup the 

 legs should be held close to the horse, 

 so that the action produced by the one 

 may be readily checked by the other. 



