. The horse, in the stables and the field: his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc . and,the left rein is taken in the left hand, and gently jerked—using, ifnecessary, the usual slight stimulus with the tongue, to make the horse THE HORSE BOUNDING ON HIS HIND-LEGS 197 move, wliich he can only do by raising the off fore-leg off the ground inthe action known as hopping. The moment this begins, the right handfirmly draws the off leg up to the surcingle, and keeps it there, when thehorse must either bound into the air on his hind-legs, or he must go downon the gro
. The horse, in the stables and the field: his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc . and,the left rein is taken in the left hand, and gently jerked—using, ifnecessary, the usual slight stimulus with the tongue, to make the horse THE HORSE BOUNDING ON HIS HIND-LEGS 197 move, wliich he can only do by raising the off fore-leg off the ground inthe action known as hopping. The moment this begins, the right handfirmly draws the off leg up to the surcingle, and keeps it there, when thehorse must either bound into the air on his hind-legs, or he must go downon the ground, supported from falling on his side in the attitude of kneel-ing. To avoid mischief, therefore, the loose-box or yard where the operationis carried on should be thickly beddod Avith straw; for no knee caps arestout enough to protect the joints from injury on hard ground; nor, if theyescape being bruised, will the shock to the body on falling be at all straw can hardly be relied on, if the floor beneath is of brick, stone,pebbles, or hard natural soil; for it is apt to give way during the struggles. rani HOUSE BOUNDING ON HIS HIND-LEGS. of the horse, and allow the knees to xeach it without the intended protec-tion. When, therefore, there is no tanned riding-schcol, or other similarsurface, at command, a good solid bed of manure (which is always to behad wherever horses are) should be spread a foot thick at least, and overthis clean straw may be laid. To return to the subject of the operation,whom we left with the alternative of bounding in the air on his liind-legs,or falling on his knees in the annexed attitude (page 198), the chief art inmanaging this part of the process is to keep firm hold of the strap attachedto the off leg close to the surcingle; the hand being protected by the glove,can easily prevent it from slipping through during the struggles of the horse,and at the same time serves as a point cVcip-jnti for the operator, so that hecan follow the movem
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