CHAPTER VII. 



Suppling Exercises with Body Bent. 



Different Kinds of Equitation. — When, for example, 

 the right rein and left leg are used to assist each other 

 in moving the haunches, it is called lateral equitation. 

 When the reinsi place the forehand and the legs alone 

 control the hindhand, as, for example, if the left rein 

 and right leg are used, it is called diagonal equitation. 



.Lateral, Equitation. 



The followin(g points should be considered during 

 the exercises in lateral equitation: 



1. One step taken correctly is at first all that should 

 be expected or required. 



2. As the movements are fatiguing, they should at 

 no time be continued more than a few seconds. 



3. Horses that are stiff on onle particular side 

 should be suppled by exercises to that side. 



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