. Riding and driving. FIG. 16.— ELEVATION OF THE HEAD WITH SNAFFLE. FIG. 17.— DROPPING HEAD AND SUPPLING JAW Handling the Young Horse 27 needed to keep the animal from being too fresh;and when the riding lessons give sufficient work,the longe may be dispensed with, to be resumedif the horse falls into bad habits. But the bittingexercises, previously described, should be occa-sionally reverted to as long as the horse is usedunder the saddle. But one more thing is necessary before thehorse is ready for the higher training which willbe described later, and this desideratum is to con-firm the hors
. Riding and driving. FIG. 16.— ELEVATION OF THE HEAD WITH SNAFFLE. FIG. 17.— DROPPING HEAD AND SUPPLING JAW Handling the Young Horse 27 needed to keep the animal from being too fresh;and when the riding lessons give sufficient work,the longe may be dispensed with, to be resumedif the horse falls into bad habits. But the bittingexercises, previously described, should be occa-sionally reverted to as long as the horse is usedunder the saddle. But one more thing is necessary before thehorse is ready for the higher training which willbe described later, and this desideratum is to con-firm the horse in the habit of facing the bit, thatis, to go forward against a light tension upon thereins; for without this the rider will have little orno government over its movements, as the bit musthave some resistance, slight though it should be,upon which to enforce his demands. Whenevera rider finds that his hand has nothing to workagainst, that the horse has loosened its hold onthe bit and refuses to face it, he may be almostcertain that he has an old offender to m
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