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steadies and bends the head, and causes the jaw to yield with- 

 out stopping the forehand. 



To obtain this result, combined with lightness, we must con- 



Fig. 3. — Jaw tind bit free. 

 tinually practise the great principle of taking and giving ; the 

 former to stop resistance, the latter to reward obedience. 

 Having obtained it, we should again take, so as to make the 

 horse yield still more ; and so on. 



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