CONTROL OF HEAD AND NECK. 51 



until he is pretty well advanced ; you now are supposed to 

 have perfect control of both his fore and hind parts, and 

 can place him where you please. 



If you now desire to carry him through the direct flex- 

 ions of the jaw and depression of the neck, and the 

 lateral flexions of the neck and direct flexions of the head 

 and neck, or Ramener and croup flexions, all as per 

 Baucher, they can all be obtained ; but unless you make 

 up your mind to devote a year or more to your horse's 

 education, it will be as well to be satisfied with what you 

 have already gained, as they fit him to a certain extent as 

 well for harness as for saddle. Not that he is taught any- 

 thing on the harness subject, but he has yielded to you as 

 his master; given you control of his neck and jaw, instead 

 of poking it out resistantly, and his whole physical force 

 is subject to your control. 



