DEPRESSION OF NECK. 83 



regulator, and will become so used to obey- 

 ing it, that we will soon obtain, by a simple 

 pressure of the rein, what at first required 

 the whole strength of our arms. 



At each renewal of the lateral flexions, 

 some progress will be made in the obedience 

 of the horse. As soon as his first resist- 

 ances are a little diminished, we will pass 

 to the perpendicular flexions or depression 

 of the neck. 



Depression of the neck ~by the direct flexion 

 of the jaw. 1. The man will place himself 

 as for the lateral flexions of the jaw; he 

 will take hold of the reins of the snaffle 

 with the left hand, at six inches from the 

 rings, and the curb-reins at about two inches 

 from the bit. He will oppose the two hands 

 by effecting the depression with the left and 

 the proper position with the right. (Plate 



in.) 



2. As soon as the horse's head shall fall 



