CHAPTER L 



THE EQUILIBRIUM. 



The rider should understand that it is 

 not by the bridle alone that he should 

 govern the horse ; for the bit acts directly 

 only on the forehand of the animal, while 

 the croup or hind quarters will, without 

 some other aid, be left ungoverned, to fol- 

 low the forehand in a disconnected and 

 unregulated manner. 



It is necessary, therefore, that the rider 



should obtain the same control over the 



hind quarters of the horse as the bit gives 



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