28 HoRSF, Training by Modern Methods. 



manner of graduating the intensity of action. {''Equal 

 Action of Both Legs and Unequal Action of the Leg," 

 from ''Elementary Equitation," by De Saint-Phalle.) 



To Bring the Hind Legs Porivard Under the 

 Horse. — Due to contraction of the muscles prockiced by 

 the tickhng sensation of the leg or spur upon the side, 

 the horse mechanically brings his hind legs up under the 

 body when so forced. This bringing up of the hind legs 

 places the control of the movement of the mass in their 

 power, because the center of gravity is nearer their base. 

 Hence the leg movements become more elevated, the 

 speed less fast, and the horse more handy and more eas- 

 ily controlled. 



. Mutual Support by the Legs. — If one leg acts to 

 range the haunches, the other should receive the mass to 

 limit and control the movement. Both legs should be at 

 all times close enough to the horse to act accurately, 

 quickly, and without abruptness in order to assist each 

 other. 



When a Horse Is "Behind the Legs." — When a horse 

 refuses to move forward after the equal action of both 



