32fi ON RtJTDLlXG 



iieok, and I^hIv or when lie performs the other 

 movements re<|uire<l of liim and indicated to him 

 ])y the various actions of tlie hands. 



The actions of the hands may be rei>eated many 

 times with a moment's interval and a}< offen as is 

 necessary to obtain the proposed ett'ect but always 

 intermittently and not continuously so as to pre- 

 serve sensibility to the mouth of the hoi-se and not 

 to incite him to use his head, neck and body to 

 defeat them. 



Only Avhen the horse jioe.s collected and in oood 

 leanincr the action of the hands is continuous but 

 in that case it should cause verv little discomfort 

 to his mouth so that it may be easily tolerated 

 as if the horse experienced acute pain in the moutli 

 it would get injured or he would be excited to 

 make reactions or both effects might follow or the 

 mouth would l^ecome insensible. At the moment 

 when the hoi*se is seized with fear we may hold 

 him with strong leaning and even punish him with 

 the hand in order to prevent him from turning 

 back but it should be done only at that moment 

 and as an evil to avoid a gieater evil. 



