220 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



Q. What do you understand by resist- 

 ances ? 



A. The forces which the horse presents, 

 and with which he seeks to establish a 

 struggle to his advantage. 



Q. Ought w^e first set to work to annul 

 the forces which the horse presents for re- 

 sistance, before demanding any other move- 

 ments from him ? 



A. Without doubt ; for unless we do so, 

 the force of the rider, Avhich should displace 

 the weight of the mass, finding itself ab- 

 sorbed by an equivalent resistance, every 

 movement becomes impossible. 



Q. By what means can we combat the 

 resistances ? 



A. By the methodical and separate sup- 

 pling of the jaw, the neck, the haunches, 

 and the loins. 



Q. What is the use of the flexions of the 

 jaw ? 



