20 SCHOOL-TRAINING FOR HORSES. 



When the horse turns readily at the 

 corners in answer to the snaffle fol- 

 lowed by the curb, he should be turned 

 by the use of the curb alone, the out- 

 side rein being pressed against the neck 

 and the corresponding heel bringing up 

 the croup. After he makes the turns 

 at the corners at the pressure of the 

 curb -rein, he should be ridden in the 

 figure of eight, taking the full length 

 and breadth of the school, and then 

 gradually taught to go in circles to the 

 right and left, the equilibrium being 

 always required. 



In the same way, using precisely the 

 same means, the horse should be taught 

 to trot and gallop in measured speed 

 in the equilibrium — the head carried 

 in a perpendicular position, the jaw 



