. Breaking and riding, with military commentaries. Horses; Horsemanship. no ORDINARY RIDING. of the horse's breast, holds both the whip and the off rein, for which the withers act as a pulley (Fig. 40). The horse will then make the direct flexion. I then try to obtain the beginning of the right lateral flexion by raising the head by means of slight upward jerks on the curb, and by pressing the head to the right, while at the same time I make the croup give way by working the whip from left to Fig. 40,—Diagonal effects in rotation of croup and shoulders. Finally, I increase these effect
. Breaking and riding, with military commentaries. Horses; Horsemanship. no ORDINARY RIDING. of the horse's breast, holds both the whip and the off rein, for which the withers act as a pulley (Fig. 40). The horse will then make the direct flexion. I then try to obtain the beginning of the right lateral flexion by raising the head by means of slight upward jerks on the curb, and by pressing the head to the right, while at the same time I make the croup give way by working the whip from left to Fig. 40,—Diagonal effects in rotation of croup and shoulders. Finally, I increase these effects, until the yielding of the neck, jaw and ci'oup is complete. I thus succeed in making the horse pivot, while I do the complete lateral flexion. I purposely use the word " pivot," which expresses my idea in an incomplete manner, but which accurately describes Baucher's method of doing this rotation. In fact, during the rotation of the croup, according to his plan, the forehand 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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