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done with a snaffle bit), or close the hand on both curb 

 reins. Do not make the pressure of long duration if re- 

 sistance is encoun/tered. Alternate the action, first by- 

 releasing, then increasing the pressure. This is more 

 uncomfortable to the horse than continued pressure, and 

 he will soon yield. 



The head is flexed in\ direct flexion so that it is set 

 with the front line of the face nearly vertical by the action 

 of both curb reins. The head and neck are raised by the 

 snaffle bit, should they be lowered too much. 



Lateral Flexion. — Lateral flexion is a concession 

 which the head and neck make by turning the head to 

 the right or to the left when an opposing action of the 

 reins stops an extension of the neck. The jaw gives 

 in lateral flexion as in direct flexion,. The neck gives by 

 making the head make a turn of a quarter of a circle to 

 the right or left at the poll. 



Lateral flexion should be demanded, in the begin- 

 ning, at the walk. To obtain it, to the right, for exam- 

 ple : first, resistanice must be offered by the right direct 

 rein, which leads the head into the desired position ; the 



