AND SCHOOL A HORSE. 25 



If it be desired to moderate the speed, the 

 forces of the fore-hand will be brought 

 back ; and when they are brought back 

 to a point where they balance the forces 

 of the croup, a halt is brought about. If 

 the forces of the fore-hand are brought 

 back beyond this point of balance, the 

 mass must move back, or undue weight 

 must fall upon and fix the croup. 



It will be the object of the rider to 

 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 supplied 

 in the fore-hand and in the croup, must 



