THE REASONED EQUITATION 



traction and exercise for the animal, and rest for 

 your own legs. 



Stop again near the center of the ring. Apply the 

 right spur very progressively. Encourage with 

 your voice. Be careful now, for, if your horse is 

 young and you are a novice, neither of you yet 

 knows quite where you are going. You have con- 

 tact with the right spur. Hold it and come come 

 with the left. Voice! Voice! You have contact 

 on both sides. Caress with the right hand, neck, 

 sides, croup. Keep the same pressure with the legs, 

 but take away the spurs. Now voice, caresses. 

 Bring both spurs at once into contact. It is the 

 critical moment. But you have it! Then release 

 the contact progressively, cease the pressure of the 

 legs, dismount, open the curb chain, and send your 

 pupil to the stable. In the afternoon, repeat the 

 same lesson three or four times. 



When the horse supports the contact standing 

 still, pass to the next demand. From standing, the 

 two rowels in contact, try, by leaning the body 

 forward in the saddle, to make the horse move 

 forward. After a few steps, lean backward and 

 bring him to a stop. Again forward. And again 

 stop. Rest your legs and caress generously. Repeat 

 again and again. Let everything be always calm 

 and quiet, without disorder, and without anxiety 

 on the part of the horse. 



Next, take the pupil at a walk near the wall. As 

 he walks quietly, begin the pressure of the legs, and 



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