HEAD TO HAUNCH 



by sawing with the snaffle. But if the contraction 

 of the neck continues, the horse will escape from 

 the rider's control, since, in this condition, his effects 

 are not sufficiently powerful to decide its conduct. 



HEAD TO HAUNCH 



Tele a queue, as the French call it, is a defense of 

 the horse in which the animal bends its spine side- 



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THE HEAD TO CROUP 



wise to form a half-circle of its body, and thus bring 

 the two ends near together. A horse sometimes 

 takes this position when stung on a hind leg by a 

 fly. It bends its neck to reach the insect with its 

 teeth, and at the same time, to make this easier and 

 to shorten the distance, it turns its haunches as far 

 as possible to the same side. This, however, is only 

 occasional, and is not in any wise a defense. 



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