FALSE AND TRUE YIELDING. 101 



It should be remembered that the horse 

 has two ways of responding to the pressure 

 of the bit ; by one he yields, but withdraws 

 himself from it at the same time by shrink- 

 ing and coming back to his former position. 

 This kind of yielding is only injurious to his 

 education, for if the hand is held too forci- 

 bly, if it does not wait till the horse changes 

 of his own accord the position of his head, 

 the backward movement of his body would 

 precede, and be accompanied by a shifting 

 of the weight backwards. In this case, the 

 contraction of his neck remains all the 

 while the same. The second kind of yield- 

 ing, which contributes so greatly to the 

 rapid and certain education of the horse, is 

 effected by giving a half or three-quarter 

 tension to the reins, sustaining the hand 

 as forcibly as possible without bringing it 

 near the body. In a short time the force 

 of the hand, seconded by the continued 



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