48 Curb, Snaffle, and Spur. 



designed to give the rider power over the forces 

 of the forehand and of the croup, to enable him to 

 obtain and preserve this condition, in which the 

 horse is ready to obey any demand. The trainer 

 may now put on the double-reined bridle to 

 accustom the horse to the two bits, but there 

 should be no curb-chain, and the snaffle only will^ 

 be used. 



To make the horse elevate the head, the rider will 

 separate the snaffle-reins, and draw them until he 

 has a light feeling upon the mouth, closing his 

 leo-s aofainst the flanks ; he will then raise the 

 hands so that he takes a light upward pull upon 

 the reins, and brings the head of the horse as high 

 as possible, the face parallel with the ground. 



From the position described in the foregoing 

 paragraph, he should bring the head into posi- 

 tion by gradually dropping the hands and carry- 

 ing them towards his body with light vibratory 

 touches upon the reins, slightly pressing the heels 

 against the flanks to keep the horse up to the bit. 

 When the horse curves the crest, and brino^s the 

 face about vertical to the ground, the jaw being 

 pliant and the head not too low, the rider should 

 release the tension upon the reins to reward the 

 horse. 



