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ease and promptness, as soon as a slight 

 touch is sufficient to place and keep the 

 head in a perpendicular position, it will 

 prove that the suppling is complete, con- 

 traction destroyed, lightness and equilibrium 

 established in the fore-hand. The direction 

 of this part of the animal will, hencefor- 

 ward, be as easy as it is natural, since we 

 have put it in a condition to receive all our 

 impressions, and instantly to yield to them 

 without effort. 



As to the functions of the legs, they must 

 support the hind-parts of the horse, in order 

 to obtain the ramener, in such a way that 

 he may not be able to avoid the effect of 

 the hand by a retrograde movement of his 

 body. This complete getting in hand is 

 necessary, in order to drive the hind-legs 

 under the centre. In the first case, we act 

 upon the fore-hand ; in the second, upon the 

 hind-parts : the first serves for the ramener, 



