230 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



haustion can only result from the length of 

 time during which the animal will remain 

 at an accelerated pace ; and will not be the 

 effect of an excessive muscular contraction, 

 which would preserve its intensity even at 

 a moderate pace. 



Q. When should we first undertake to 

 make the horse back ? 



A. After the suppling of the nck and 

 haunches. * 



Q. Why should the suppling of the 

 haunches precede that of the loins (the 

 reculer) ? 



A. To keep the horse more easily in a 

 straight line, and to render the flowing, 

 backward and forward, of the weight more 

 easy. 



Q. Ought these first retrograde move- 

 ments of the horse to be prolonged during 

 the first lessons ? 



A. No. As their only object is to annul 



