64 THE ART OF 



Of stops, half stops, of falling hack, and of 

 the changes of haiid. 



This lesson is necessary to a beginner, to 

 teach him in every sense more and more how 

 to govern his horse : it is not less useful to 

 place a young horse on his hips, and to render 

 him light to the hand. If a horse in moving 

 uses his shoulders and his hips equally, he 

 would seek in the bridle a proper rest to 

 counterbalance the natural weakness of his 

 forepart, and he would bear too much on the 

 hand. 



You may accomplish the prevention of this 

 fault, which very much injures the confidence 

 of the horse, and extremely fatigues the rider, 

 and give the horse a light mouth by habituat- 

 ing him to advance his hind feet and houghs 

 under the belly in moving, and to take his 

 principal point of rest in the hips : this is 

 what they call putting a horse on his hips. 

 Nothing is more proper for that purpose, than 

 the practice of stops, half stops, and falling 

 back. 



The arret, or stop, consists in drawing back 

 with the left hand the head of the horse, and 



