Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . snaffle under his chin, and drawingthem tightly, so as to compress the jaw, at the same timebearing down with as much force as possible (see fig. 18).He will soon learn that the tension of the snaffle meanslower your head, and he will be quick to obey withoutwaiting for the more painful )art of the operation. Bythe direct flexion of the jaw we mean the relaxing of thosemuscles by which the mouth is shut; this will ordinarilybe accomplished by the action of the curb-bit in the pre-ceding exercise,
Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . snaffle under his chin, and drawingthem tightly, so as to compress the jaw, at the same timebearing down with as much force as possible (see fig. 18).He will soon learn that the tension of the snaffle meanslower your head, and he will be quick to obey withoutwaiting for the more painful )art of the operation. Bythe direct flexion of the jaw we mean the relaxing of thosemuscles by which the mouth is shut; this will ordinarilybe accomplished by the action of the curb-bit in the pre-ceding exercise, but if the horse persist in poking out hisnose, and holding the bit * in his teeth, his mouth maybe forced open, in a way that he will be likely to remem-ber, by the following process:—Stand facing the left sideof the horses head, and take the left snaffle rein in theleft hand, and the left curb-rein in the right, both as nearto the bit as will allow of a firm hold. Now raise theflbows, and draw the hands away from each other withBufficient strength to force the jaws apart (see fig. 19V In.
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