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being a little stronger in its action than the other. 

 In these bends the head of the horse must be kept 

 at a proper elevation, and there must be no rigidity 

 in any part ; for if the horse bends the head in 

 a stiff and constrained manner, the object of the 

 exercise has not been accomplished, and in place 

 of yielding to a discipline that tends to produce 

 suppleness and absolute obedience, the horse is only 

 waiting for an opportunity of resisting with success. 



From the walk, and from the trot, the horse 

 may from time to time be brought to the halt, and, 

 after a closer collection, be made to perform the 

 reversed pirouette to either hand, the horse being 

 straightened and the pace being resumed (in the 

 manner before described) when the horse faces the 

 direction from which it has approached the point 

 where the turn has been made. 



Whenever fresh impulses are demanded from the 

 croup the hand must receive them, and measure 

 their effects. So in taking the walk from a halt, or 

 the trot from a walk, the hand first relaxes its 

 tension until the impulse is secured, and then 

 meets the impulse. 



