IO6 ROAD, PARK, AND SCHOOL 



curb bit in the same manner as by the snaffle ; and 

 by putting forward the bridle hand and elevating it, 

 the head of the horse may be raised with the face 

 vertical to the ground. It is excellent practice, with 

 horses low and heavy in the forehand, to elevate 

 the head with the snaffle bit, and then with light 

 touches to bring the nose down, while the jaw 

 remains pliant. (Figs. 7 and 8.) The suppling 

 of the jaw should be continued until there is no 

 opposition to the hand ; and whenever, at any stage 

 of its training, a horse resists the bit, these lessons 

 should be resumed. 



The horse should be made to bend its head and 

 neck to either side, by means of the curb bit, in 

 exactly the same manner as with the snaffle, only 

 greater care must be taken, and the lessons should 

 be more gradual. We are about to- teach the 

 horse a new indication of the curb bit that of the 

 opposite rein ; it has, as we shall explain, a different 

 effect from the direct tension, but it is absolutely 

 necessary that a horse should answer the direct rein 

 of both the snaffle and the curb. 



