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being made by the horse on receiving imperfect signals. 

 For instance, the horse which has been trained according 

 to the precepts of the ''high school," will simply turn his 

 head round to the side on which he feels the pull of the 

 rein. Agreeably to the principles of breaking for every- 



Fig. no. — Period of canter or gallop when weight of horse and rider is 

 borne by leading fore leg. 



day use, which I am trying to explain in this chapter, I 

 maintain that the fact of the horse answering the lateral 

 feeling of the rein only with his head and neck serves no 

 useful purpose ; but that the habit of his obeying it with 

 his hind-quarters as well as with his. head and neck is most 



