Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . Fig. Fig. 21 FLEXIONS OF THE CROUP. 251 should, of course, be used witli much more skill than thesnaffle. This flexion is the most important of all; the otherschiefly tend to render it attainable. As soon as it can beexecuted with ease and promptness, as soon as a slighttouch of the hand is sufficient to bring and maintain thehead in a perpendicular position, the contractions of thefore part of the animal are destroyed, and its lightnessand equilibrium are established. The Hind Parts.—The rid
Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . Fig. Fig. 21 FLEXIONS OF THE CROUP. 251 should, of course, be used witli much more skill than thesnaffle. This flexion is the most important of all; the otherschiefly tend to render it attainable. As soon as it can beexecuted with ease and promptness, as soon as a slighttouch of the hand is sufficient to bring and maintain thehead in a perpendicular position, the contractions of thefore part of the animal are destroyed, and its lightnessand equilibrium are established. The Hind Parts.—The rider, in order to direct hiahorse, acts upon two portions of his body,—the front andthe rear. He employs for this purpose two movements,—one with the legs, which gives an impulse to the croup(the hind parts), the other with the hands, which directsand modifies this impulse, by the head and neck. Flexions of the Croup and making it Movable.—The trainer, being mounted, willl hold the curb-reins inhis left hand, and the snaffle-reins in his right He willfirst bring the horses head into a perpendicul
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