32 SCHOOL-TEAINING FOE H0ESE8. 



CHAPTEK lY. 



TO BACK. 



All horses should be taught to move 

 backwards with ease and Hghtness ; not 

 only that the animal shall be prepared 

 to go in every direction, but also that 

 he may the more readily learn to col- 

 lect himself and be quick and ready in 

 his movements. 



Backing is a movement not natural 

 to the horse, and he must be made to 

 abandon all repugnance to the unusual 



