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GLOSSARY AND INDEX, 



CROUP, the top of the back 

 of the horse where the 

 haunches join the body. 

 Used also to designate the 

 hind-quarters of the horse. 



CURB-CHAIN, the chain that 

 passes beneath the chin of 

 the horse from the eyes of 

 the cheek-pieces of the curb 

 bit. 



Curb, The, description of, 27 ; 

 holding, 39, 56, 102 ; in 

 walking, 106 ; contrasted 

 with the snaffle, 112. 



Descents, 64, 84. 



Direction, changes of, 39, 54 

 60, 108. 



DIRECT Rein or Spur, the 

 rein or spur on the side to 

 which the horse is bent, or 

 is to make the increased ac 

 tion. 



Dismounting, 50. 



DOUBLE-BRIDLE, the bri 

 die fitted to receive both the 

 curb and the snaffle bits. 



Double-bridle, 56 ; first les 

 sons, 56 ; 102. 



Education, 21. 



EQUILIBRIUM, the state of 

 balance between the forces 

 of the forehand, carried back 

 by the bit, and of the croup 

 brought up by the spurs 

 The approximate equili- 



EQUILIBRIUM {continued). 

 brium is maintained in mo- 

 tion by the advance of the 

 forces of one extremity, fol- 

 lowed by those of the other, 

 in a constant efibrt to estab- 

 lish a point of union and 

 balance. 



Equilibrium, 59, 62 ; in trot- 

 ting, 64, 65 ; in leaping, 73; 

 89, 90 ; how obtained, 94. 



Equipments, 26. 



EWE-NECK, a name given 

 when a horse has a depres- 

 sion in the neck immediately 

 in front of the withers. 



Exercises, for the seat, 43; for 

 the balance, 45; for the legs 

 and feet, 47 ; general 51. 



Falls, in leaping, 192 ; causes 

 of, 198. 



Faults, 77. 



Fear, 24. 



FORCES, the weights and 

 powers of either extremity of 

 the horse. 



FOREHAND, that part of the 

 horse in front of the saddle. 



Gallop, The, 67 ; position, 67 ; 

 true in, 67 ; turning, 68 ; to 

 put a horse into, 6g ; in 

 equilibrium, no ; backward, 

 122 ; after changes of leg 

 in, 131; changes in the, 

 139; leading in, 12,C); false in, 



