26 HO W TO RIDE 



obey the legs, and be amenable to the 

 bit. The method of supplying the croup, 

 and of teaching obedience to the pressure 

 of the legs, will 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 tauo-ht that he 

 cannot pass beyond the limit put by the 

 hand without bringing pain upon him- 

 self, but that so long as he is obedient 

 to the bit lie finds comfort. To this end 

 the hand will firmly resist any attempts 

 of the horse to go beyond the limit 

 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 



