HEAD AND NECK. 71 



wliicli will have no other object in the case 

 of a well made horse than that of preparing 

 his forces to yield to our impulsions, will 

 re-establish calm and confidence in a horse 

 that has been badly handled ; and in a de- 

 fective formation will make those contrac- 

 tions disappear, which are the causes of 

 resistances, and the only obstacles to a per- 

 fect equilibrium. The difficulties to be 

 surmounted will be in proportion to this 

 complication of obstacles, but will quickly 

 disappear with a little perseverance on our 

 part. In the progression we are about to 

 pursue, in order to subject the different parts 

 of the animal to suppling, we will naturally 

 commence with the most important parts, 

 that is to say, with the jaw and the neck. 



The head and neck of the horse are at 

 once the rudder and compass of the rider. 

 By them he directs the animal; by them, 

 also, he can judge of the regularity and 



