232 MOUNTED BREAKING. 



may after a time dispense altogether with the latter in 

 favour of the former. The remarks previously made as to 

 precision without hurry, and the way in which punishment 

 and reward should be respectively meted out, apply equally 

 well here. If the movement of the hind legs be made in 

 a precipitated manner, it may be checked by the application 

 on the near hind-quarter, of the whip which is held in the 

 left hand, or by the heel, and by ''feeling" the left rein 

 and easing off the right rein. If the horse attempts to go 

 forward, he should be checked by both reins. If he tries 

 to rein back, he may be kept up to his bridle by the appli- 

 cation of both whips or of both heels. The turn on the 

 forehand to the left is taught in the same manner, but with 

 reversed aids. A turn through an angle of 90°, first to one 

 side and then to the other, will be sufficient at first. Ability 

 to turn on the forehand through a complete circle, while 

 keeping the appropriate fore foot fixed on the ground, will 

 demand a high degree of training. 



A quarter of an hour, with frequent intervals of rest, will 

 be long enough for a lesson of this kind. 



The position of the leg, in, for instance, turning the horse 

 on his forehand to the right, is shown in Fig. 108. 



Reining back. — To obtain the rein-back from the 

 mounted horse, we should work on the principle which 

 guided us in teaching him on foot (see page 200) to execute 

 this movement at our bidding. To get the right diagonal 

 step (off fore and near hind), supposing that both fore feet 

 are equally advanced, we should feel the right rein so as to 

 turn the horse's head to the right ; should apply the 



