44 HoRSK Training by Modern Methods. 



haunch will make the haunch swing around, and if the 

 hors|e(. every time he is obliged to swing his haunches 

 by the rein of opposition, feels the rider's leg on that 

 side, he will begin to associate the use oi the leg with the 

 swinging of the haunches. 



Third Exercise. — As the horse begins to under- 

 stand the meaning of the use of one leg, gradually lessen 

 the use of the rein of opposition as an open rein, until 

 it finally becomes a direct rein, used only to turn the head 

 slightly in the njew direction. As the rein of opposition, 

 or open rein, is diminished, supposing it to have been the 

 right rein, gradually bring into play the left rein of sup- 

 port to force the fore quarters to the right in the new 

 direction. As to the legs : Have both ready to main- 

 tain the impulsion, and each ready to act singly in case 

 the hind feet do not foll(ow in the track of the fore feet 

 in making the change of direction. The hind legs being 

 the propellers, and the maximum of power being always 

 desirable, for purely mechanical reasons the greatest 

 power of the hind legs is obtained when they follow in 

 the same path as the fore legs, during turns. 



