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STATIONARY MOVEMENTS OF THE HORSE. 



action of his " rearing muscles " (^see p. 64). He will then keep 

 his fore legs bent at the knees and his head high {see Fig. 37). 

 In guarding against the rear, the rider should, therefore, lean 

 well forward. If he wishes, by inflicting punishment, to stop 

 the horse from rearing, he may hit the animal on one of the 



Fig. 37. — Rearing. 



hind legs, so as to prevent him from fixing them on the 

 ground, in order to "get up ; " but he should on no account 

 strike him on the shoulders ; for doing so would tend to 

 make him raise his forehand. We may break a horse of 

 rearing by teaching him to rein back in a " collected " manner 



