Si SCHOOL-TKAINING FOR HORSES. 



backwards " mean only that the 

 motions of those paces are observed 

 while the horse moves slowly to the 

 rear. 



To teach the horse how to back, he 

 should be brought, saddled and bridled, 

 upon the training ground. The trainer 

 will then, by means of the left hand 

 acting upon the reins beneath the chin 

 and the taps of the whip upon the 

 croup, bring him into equihbrium. 

 Then, by continuing the taps of the 

 whip upon his croup, the horse will be 

 made to raise one of his hind-legs, but 

 before the mass gets a forw^ard impulse 

 the hand will carry the horse back one 

 step, and before he loses his lightness 

 he will be made to advance a few 

 steps. 



