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inherent to the exercises or because of the lack of proper equipment. The use of a double bridle improvised from a watering bridle and a regulation bit is preferable to the use of a single curb immediately succeeding the work with the snaffle alone.
_Direct Equilibrium._—This relates to the balance of the horse when the center of gravity is moved forward or backward. The fore legs of the horse are used for translation, the...
2. CHAPTER I._Object of Training._—Horse-training is a series of exercises to render the horse obedient and at the same time to preserve and develop his inherent qualities. It is a muscular...
13. CHAPTER I.The horse leaps from a trot from one front leg and both hind legs. The leap is more difficult, as it is impossible at a trot to get both hind legs side by side up under the body...
11. CHAPTER I.The horse that can perform successfully the foregoing exercises, that has found his balance while moving forward, that is easy to control by the aids at the walk and trot, and t...
9. CHAPTER VIII.5. The green horse is never passaged directly to the right or left. The direction of motion should not be more than 45 degrees from the direction of the axis of the horse.
4. CHAPTER III.The horses are taken into the riding-hall, if available, and the riders instructed to work without regard to distances. It is a bad plan to work in groups, especially with young...
8. CHAPTER VII._Different Kinds of Equitation._—When, for example, the _right_ rein and _left_ leg are used to assist each other in moving the haunches, it is called lateral equitation. When t...
6. CHAPTER V._First Exercise._—The horse being at the walk, force the horse forward with both legs, use the open rein, and if he moves off at an angle oblique to the original direction, alth...
10. CHAPTER IX.This exercise is a suppling one for back and haunches, and is especially applicable to horses who have difficulty in bringing the hind legs under the body. It is an exercise whi...
5. CHAPTER IV._The Walk._—This is a movement of four beats, and is a pace in which all the legs move, respectively, one after the other. If, for instance, the left fore leads, the sequence is:
12. CHAPTER II.1. Put the horse on a circle of large radius, at a gallop. Leave the circle by a line parallel to the diagonal of the riding-hall and form another large circle to the opposite h...
7. CHAPTER VI.Horses which tend to get behind the bit or which do not let themselves out should frequently have outside work alternated with hall work. The horse being gradually educated to a...
1. Part II. should not be abandoned, either because of the difficultiesinherent to the exercises or because of the lack of proper equipment. The use of a double bridle improvised from a watering bridle and a regulation bit is preferable to the use...