TRAINING A HORSE 



flexion, then plays with the left rein, which 

 should touch the centre of the neck, the hand 

 being carried to the right, so as to force him 

 to move in order to restore his equilibrium ; the 

 same should then be done to the other hand. 

 The action of the rider's outside leg should be 

 intermittent, touching the horse only at the 

 moment the fore foot of the same side comes to 

 the ground, and the rider will be careful not to 

 force the quarters beyond the shoulders which 

 should always lead. 



When the horse does these movements 

 easily, the rider will gradually alter the bend of 

 the neck by working more and more on the rein 

 of the side to which he is moving, until the 

 horse looks in that direction, the rider being 

 also careful to look to that side. 



In these exercises the rider should raise the 

 hand holding the rein he wishes to work with, 

 and drop the other hand. The rein should be 

 nice and long, and the tension on it upwards 

 not backwards, so as not to interfere with the 

 forward movement. In a school this work 

 should be done with the quarters, not the head, 

 to the wall, unless the horse happens to be a 

 puller. 



In these movements on two lines the rider 

 will press in and bend slightly both knees, and 



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