126 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



yielded up to the discretion of the rider. 

 But this first advantage will not be enough 

 to make him a complete horseman. The 

 employment of these forces thus abandoned 

 to him, demand, in order to execute the 

 different paces, much study and skill. I 

 will show in the subsequent chapters the 

 rules to be observed. I will conclude this 

 one by a rapid recapitulation of the pro- 

 gression to be followed in the supplings. 



Stationary exercise, the rider on foot. 

 Fore-parts. 1. Flexions of the jaw to the 

 right and left, using the curb-bit. 



2. Direct flexions of the jaw, and depres- 

 sion of the neck. 



3. Lateral flexions of the neck with the 

 snaffle-reins and with the curb. 



Stationary exercise, the rider on horse- 

 back. 1. Lateral flexions of the neck with 

 the snaffle-reins, and with the curb-reins. 



2. Direct flexions of the head, or placing 



