142 Stopping and Backing. 



to make a horse bach, in walking : to do this, ehe 

 reins must be drawn equally and steadily to- 

 wards the body, and the croup of the horse 

 kept in a proper direction by means of the leg and 

 whip. 



going backward in the walk. 



The action of a horse when he goes backward 

 is, to have always one of his hinder legs under his 

 belly, to push his croup backward, to bend his 

 haunches, and to rest and balance himself one time 

 on one leg, and then on the other. 



Care must be taken that this action of going 

 backward be just ; and that in performing it .the 

 horse keep his head steady, fixed, and in a right 

 place, that his body be trussed or gathered up as 

 it were under him, that he be not upon his shoul- 

 ders, but, on the contrary, upon his haunches, and 

 that the feet be even. 



It is by an equal and steady feeling of both 

 reins of the bridle, that the horse is made thus to 

 step back; and to give greater efficacy to this, 

 the hand should be kept from rising, and the 

 knuckles a little down. The body should no 



