64 ROAD, PARK, AND SCHOOL 



less and heavy manner of moving that must be 

 corrected afterwards. 



The lessons should be given every day, and the 

 horse should be in the hands of the trainer at least an 

 hour divided, if possible, into two lessons of thirty 

 minutes each day. When the horse is used under 

 the saddle, the suppling lessons should be given 

 before and after the riding exercise, until the animal 

 understands and answers to every indication of the 

 bits ; and whenever, at any time, the horse becomes 

 indifferent to the bits, or dull in movement, as it 

 may through bad or careless riding, it should be 

 put back to the flexions and supplings. 



