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BREAKING ON FOOT. 



At first, our object in driving the horse with the long reins 

 should be to get him to circle round us in well balanced 

 style. Hence, he should be bent from muzzle to tail' in 

 the direction he is going ; the inward rein leading him 

 off, and preserving the inward bend of his head and 

 neck, while the outward rein passes round his hind- 

 quarters (see Figs. 88 and 89) and thus makes the 



Fig. 88. — Circling horse on foot to the right. 



track of his hind feet the same as that of his fore ones, 

 instead of — as would usually occur if this support were 

 removed from the untrained horse — its forming a con- 

 centric circle outside that described by the fore feet. 

 To obtain this effect, we should stand to the side, and a 

 little to the rear, of our pupil (see Fig. 90), and should 

 regulate the comparative tension of the reins so as to make 



