A method of horsemanship : founded upon new principles: including the breaking and training of horses : with instructions for obtaining a good seat . RAMENER. 93 horse obeys the action of the snaffle, he willyield much more quickly to that of the curb,the effect of which is so much more power-ful. The curb, of course, needs more carein the use of it than the snaffle. (Plate XI.)2. The horse will have completely yield-ed to the action of the hand, when his headis carried in a position perfectly perpendicu-lar to the ground; from that time the con-traction will cease, which the animal willshow,
A method of horsemanship : founded upon new principles: including the breaking and training of horses : with instructions for obtaining a good seat . RAMENER. 93 horse obeys the action of the snaffle, he willyield much more quickly to that of the curb,the effect of which is so much more power-ful. The curb, of course, needs more carein the use of it than the snaffle. (Plate XI.)2. The horse will have completely yield-ed to the action of the hand, when his headis carried in a position perfectly perpendicu-lar to the ground; from that time the con-traction will cease, which the animal willshow, as in every other case, by champinghis bit. The rider must be careful not tobe deceived by the feints of the horse, feintswhich consist in yielding one-fourth or one-third of the way, and then hesitating. If,for example, the nose of the horse havingto pass over a curve of ten degrees to at-tain the perpendicular position (Plate XI.),should stop at the fourth or sixth and againresist, the hand should follow the move-ment, and then remain firm and immov- 94 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. able^ for a concession on its part would en-courage resistance an
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