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4. The preceding rule applies tO' all parts of the 

 horse except the neck. If the neck is stiff on the right 

 side, supple it by exercises, as ''Shoulder In" (see below), 

 on the left hand. (Capt. Short.) 



5. The movements are all begun at a walk and, 

 when proficient in thettii, are executed at a slow trot. 



6. When the movements are executed on a circle, 

 where the fore quarters are on one circumference and the 

 hind quarters either on a larger or a smaller cicumfer- 

 ence, the effect, besides being on,e of suppling, is as fol- 

 lows : When the haunches are on a smaller circumfer- 

 ence the horse tends toward collection, his hind quarters 

 tend to come up under the body, and it is a good move- 

 ment for a horse that forges ahead; when the hind quart- 

 ers are on a circle of greater circumference than the fore 

 quarters the horse tends to be forced up into the bit and 

 to stretch out behind, hence it is a useful movement with 

 sluggish horses or horses that tend to get behind the bit. 



7. When executiitg any of the following exercisies, 

 if the horse fails to respond to the action of both legs 

 and does not go up into the bit, cease the exercise at once 



