. Breaking and riding, with military commentaries. Horses; Horsemanship. OBJECTS OBTAINED BY DIRECT FLEXION. 51 principle of riding, we must first know what is the desired result to be obtained from making it. OBJECTS TO BE OBTAINED BY DIRECT FLEXION. I. To balance the horse by the height of his neck. It is very rare that horses are naturally well balanced. On account of. Fig. 5.—Muzzle on a line with upper part of shoulder. their conformation, all horses have a tendency to be heavy in front, and the majority of them have this defect ; the cause being the distance which the head is removed fro
. Breaking and riding, with military commentaries. Horses; Horsemanship. OBJECTS OBTAINED BY DIRECT FLEXION. 51 principle of riding, we must first know what is the desired result to be obtained from making it. OBJECTS TO BE OBTAINED BY DIRECT FLEXION. I. To balance the horse by the height of his neck. It is very rare that horses are naturally well balanced. On account of. Fig. 5.—Muzzle on a line with upper part of shoulder. their conformation, all horses have a tendency to be heavy in front, and the majority of them have this defect ; the cause being the distance which the head is removed from the base of support. The further the head is away from the centre of gravity the lower it is, and the more weight is on the shoulders. The result of raising the neck, so as to bring the head near to the centre of gravity, is to more or less equalise the distribution of weight. As good horsemanship depends 4* Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fillis, James, 1834-1913. London, Hurst and Blackett
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