AND SCHOOL A HORSE. 87 



TO BACK, 



In backing the horse the offices of 

 the fore - hand and croup are inter- 

 changed ; for now the impulsion comes 

 from the fore-hand, and the heels restrain 

 and direct the forces of the croup upon 

 the course. 



Standing at the head of the horse, 

 the trainer will bring him into equili- 

 brium, taking care that the shoulders 

 and croup are in a line. Then with 

 a tap of the whip upon the croup he 

 will induce the bes^innino; of a forward 

 movement from that part by the raising 

 of one of the hind-legs, but before the 

 mass acquires the forward motion the 

 horse will be made to carry the raised 



