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Chapter IV. Training— Continued. p«,i... 

 Limit of training— Base of an equestrian lan- 

 guage 74-75 



Principles of movement— Impulsion 77 



Balance '^ 



Locomotion— Raie and position of the head in 



movement 79-80 



Role and position of the neck 81 



The gather— Suppling the colt 82 



Restistance— To obtain engagement of the 

 hind quarters and mobility of the haunches- 

 Extending and collecting the gaits 82-83 



The halt— The half halt 85 



False gallop ^' 



Backing— Suppling of the spinal column— To 



obtain free play of the shoulders 87-88 



To obtain suppleness of the jaw 89 



Two tracks and shoulder-in 91 



The cadence trot— Balance— Observation of 



the gait 93-94 



The gallop departs ^^ 



Conditioning ^^^ 



Jumping, the horse being mounted 101 



PART IIL-APPLIGATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUI- 

 TATION AND HORSE TRAINING TO THE MAN- 

 AGEMENT OF THE HORSE. 



Chapter I. Use of the Horse 10'^ 



Keeping the horse straight _' 107 



To change the gait and in a given gait to 

 change speed— To maintain a given gait and 



a given speed 108-109 



Change of directions ^^^ 



Galloping a horse ^^^ 



Cross country and over obstacles 113 



Individual combat ^^^ 



Chapter II. Defenses op the Saddle Horse 



Ignorant horses— Horses that are afraid- 

 Horses with bad conformation— Mean hor- 

 ses— Horses that rear llG-117 



Horses that kick— Horses that fight the 

 hand— Horses that lower the head against 

 the chest— Horses that star gaze 117-118 



