LATERAL FLEXIONS OF THE NECK. 45 



draw the left rein of the snaffle forward, in such a way 

 that the wrists of the person holding the two reins shall 

 be opposite and on a level with each other. The two op- 

 posed forces will soon cause a separation of the jaws and 

 end all resistance. The force ought to be always pro- 

 portioned to that of the horse, whether in his resistance, 

 or in his lightness. Thus, by means of this direct force 

 a few lessons will be sufficient to give a pliability to the 

 part in question that could not have been obtained by 

 any other means. (Plate YI.) 



Lateral flexions of the neck. — 1. The man will place 

 himself near the horse's shoulder as for the flexions of 

 the jaw ; he will take hold of the right snaffle-rein, which 

 he will draw upon across the neck, in order to establish an 

 intermediate point between the impulsion that comes from 

 him and the resistance the horse presents ; he will hold up 

 the left rein with the left hand about a foot from the bit. 

 As soon as the horse endeavors to avoid the constant 

 tension of the right rein by inclining his head to the 

 right, he will let the left rein slip so as to offer no 

 opposition to the flexion of the neck. Whenever the 

 horse endeavors to escape the constraint of the right rein 

 by bringing his croup around, he will be brought into 

 place again by slight pulls of the left rein. (Plate YII.) 



2, When the head and neck have entirely yielded to 

 the right, the man will draw equally on both reins to 

 place the head perpendioularly. Suppleness and lightness 

 will soon follow this position, and as soon as the horse 

 evinces, by champing the bit, entire freedom from stifi- 

 ness, the man will cease the tension of the reins, being 

 careful that the head does not take advantage of this 

 moment of freedom to displace itself suddenly. In this 

 case, it will be sufficient to restrain it by a slight support 

 of the right rein. After having kept the horse in this 



