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rather closer to overcome resistance and 

 to prevent a movement of the croup 

 against it. The horse will not be per- 

 mitted to carry back his head, at will, from 

 the bent posture ; but the rider will bring 

 it back into position by the 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 

 will be moved a step to the left. In all 

 movements of the croup the legs should 



