ii6 BREAKING AND TRAINING 



make use of both hands equally while doing so. When 

 yoQ bring the animal to a halt, reward him with a 

 caress, thus showing him that he has nothing to fear. 



There are many people, I know, who have the idea 

 that the object to be achieved in longeing a horse is 

 merely to fatigue and in this way bring him to sub- 

 jection. There can be no greater mistake, however, 

 than this. To fatigue him is, indeed, the thing above 

 all others that one wishes to avoid. The real object 

 one has in view in longeing a horse is to familiarise 

 him with the use of the tackle, and, in addition, to 

 render him supple. 



Take the longeing rein in the left hand, the whip 

 in the right. Now set the colt moving by extending 

 the left hand towards his head, in the meantime using 

 the other hand to touch him behind the croup with 

 the whip. As the colt moves you must also move 

 towards his croup, in this way compel him to keep 

 moving around you. 



By presenting the whip and letting the longeing 

 rein slip to a greater length, the breaksman should 

 cause the colt to enlarge the circle in which he is going 

 until the animal is moving over about four times as 

 wide an area as the breaker. 



