24 SCHOOL-TRAINING FOR HORSES. 



CHAPTER III. 



SUPPLING THE CROUP. 



To bring the horse under the control of 

 the rider it is necessary that the forces 

 of the croup should answer to the ap- 

 plication of the legs as readily as the 

 fore-hand yields to the demands of the 

 hit. 



The trainer, standing at the near 

 shoulder of the horse, will, in his left 

 hand, grasp the reins of the curb close 

 to the branches of the bit, and, by draw- 

 ing them towards the animal's chest in 



