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of the spur, except when it is employed vigorously 

 as a punishment, a proceeding not at all to be recom- 

 mended, a blow of the whip being much better. 



Since the effect of the spur is to cause the horse 

 to move his hind-quarters away from it, a pressure 

 of the left spur will turn the croup to the right, and 

 one from the right spur will stop or reverse that 

 movement. 



Inasmuch as the turning of the horse's head to 

 the right or left by the rein, will determine his 

 motion in these directions, the rider, when the horse 

 is accustomed to obey all these indications, has the 

 means of entirely controlling him. By the bit, he 

 restrains him, places his head in a position to 

 respond to the action of the hand, and turns his 

 fore-hand to either side ; by the leg and spur, he 

 moves him forward, brings his hind legs under him, 

 and turns his croup to the right or left ; and by 

 skilfully combining these effects he can produce 

 what movements he desires, and all the accurate 

 and exaggerated movements which characterise 

 Haute Ecole riding. 



If, in backing a horse, he is forced backward by 

 mere pressure on the bit, his motion will be awk- 

 ward, his hind legs being stretched out to resist the 

 force which is urging him. The proper way to make 

 him back is to begin by restraining him slightly, and 

 then touching him with one spur to make him lift one 

 hind foot ; a slightly increased pull on the reins will 

 generally make him move to the rear, bringing that 



