D SCHOOL-TKAINING FOE HOESES. 



one extremity are advancing, and those 

 of the other are pressing forward to 

 find the point of balance. To obtain 

 this the horse must be light in hand, 

 and the croup must readily answer to 

 the pressure of the legs. How to teach 

 the horse to yield to the bit will be 

 explained in the next chapter; and 

 although I explain at length the method 

 of suppling the croup, I may say 

 here that the horse may be taught to 

 answer to the pressure of the legs by 

 tapping him upon the croup with the 

 whip held behind the rider's back, 

 while he presses in both heels to the 

 flanks of the horse. When the horse 

 will answer to the pressure of the heels 

 by bringing both legs in under him, the 

 taps of the whip must be abandoned. 



