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counteract this tendency, which promptly leads up to resistance, it is 

 urged that the horse be pushed straight ahead at a trot after each one of 

 these pivo tings. 



In spite of these drawbacks, the abouts on the forehand 

 can be employed advantageously in certain cases. In 

 fact, they should be used with horses that are too hot- 

 headed, with those that bulge on the hand, and with those 

 that are slow to learn. * * * 



(The different series of exercises in the Dutilh method 

 of executing the abouts on the forehand are omitted as a 

 refinement for which there is rarely sufficient time. — 

 The Board.) 



Suppling of the haunches continued. — If the preceding 

 lessons have produced mobility of the croup by lateral 

 effects, and if the horse yields readily to the action of the 

 leg and rein on the same side while marching on an arc, it 

 is time to exact the same obedience while marching on a 

 straight line or following the track, that is to say, to start 

 the horse on the movement called ''haunches in." This 

 movement, which continues the suppling of the croup, 

 has the further advantage of confirming obedience to 

 the legs. 



Haunches in. — Marching on the right hand, indicate 

 opposition with the left rein and close, at the same time, 

 the left leg. If the horse yields and swings the croup 

 inside of the track by even one step, while still gaining 

 ground to the front, straighten him again at once with 

 the right rein and leg; repeat this swinging of the 

 haunches several times, but in the first lessons, do not 

 insist. Gradually lengthen the time before straightening. 



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Haunches in, is a suppling exercise for the hind quar- 

 ters; its object is to make the spinal column pliable and 

 to accustom the hind legs to stepping across each other. 

 It also makes the haunches quick to obey and constitutes 

 an excellent preparation for two-track work and for the 

 gallop lead. 



