ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE AUTHOR MOUNTED ON "WHY-NOT" AT THE 

 BEGINNING OF HIS TRAINING Frontispiece 



FIGURES IN HALF-TONE 



Facing 



1. THE HORSE SEES AND FEELS THE WHIP WITHOUT 

 FEAR 70 



2. CONTACT OF THE BITS WITH THE MOUTH BY THE 

 WHIP ON THE FLANK 70 



3. CONTACT OF THE BITS WITH THE MOUTH BY THE 

 WHIP ON THE CHEST 71 



4. FLEXION FOR BRINGING UP THE HEAD AND NECK 

 AND MAKING THE HORSE LlGHT 80 



5. THE HORSE LIGHT IN HAND 80 



6. FLEXION OF THE LOWER JAW TO THE RIGHT BY THE 

 CURB BIT 81 



7. COMPLETION OF THE DIRECT FLEXION 81 



8. FLEXION OF NECK AND LOWER JAW BY THE CURB 

 BIT 82 



9. FLEXION OF NECK AND MOUTH BY THE SNAFFLE 

 REINS 82 



10. FLEXION OF THE LOWER JAW BY THE CURB BIT AND 



OF THE NECK BY THE SNAFFLE REINS 83 



11. FLEXION OF THE NECK BY THE SNAFFLE AND OF 

 THE LOWER JAW BY THE CURB BIT 83 



12. DIRECT FLEXION OF THE LOWER JAW BY THE CURB 

 BIT AND OF THE NECK BY THE SNAFFLE REINS 84 



13. DIRECT FLEXION OF NECK AND LOWER JAW WITH 

 LIGHTNESS OF THE FRONT HAND 84 



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