180 MODERN FARRIER. 



a long string, coming first from the ring on the pad, 

 and from tlience through t!ie eye of the snaffle ; and 

 also, if the h.orse's head is low, through the ring on 

 the head-stall, and from thence through the ring on 

 the pad, into the hand of the persons on foot, who 

 must humour it, yielding and shortening it occa- 

 sionally, which will prevent the horse from leaning, 

 and will render him light. The long string, thus 

 used, will do very well alone without the strap, 

 when the horse is accustomed to bend, and to trot 

 determined round the person who stands in the 

 centre, and holds the lon^x strin<y. 



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After horses have been accustomed to be bent 

 with a strap at the loKge, they will very soon 1071^6 

 themselves, as it w^ere; that is to say, that when 

 bent with the strap, they will go very well without 

 any longe ; and indeed horses may be brought, with 

 patience and gentleness, to work very ^ell so, on 

 almost all lessons in hand. 



Next begin the epaule en dedans ; and after that, 

 the head to the wall, the croupe to the wall, back- 

 ing, &c. on all figures by degrees. 



Most horses generally go the head to the wall 

 more cordially at first than they do the croupe to 

 the wall. Working in the hand is, in fact, a kind 

 of driving : two persons on foot should be employ- 

 ed ; one indeed may do, if he is a handy person, but 

 two are much better at first. One of these should 

 hold a long string, and in some lessons two, and a 

 chamhrierc, standing at some distance from the 

 horse ; the other person stands near the horse, hold- 

 ing the reins of the snafHe, and a hand whip, to 

 keep the horse off from him if necessary. Girt on 

 a pad with a crupper to it on the horse. The pad 

 should have a large ring in the centre upon the top 

 of it, and about four inches lower down on each 

 side, a smaller one. 



On the top of the pad, a little forwarder than the 

 great ring, there must be a small strap and buckle, 



