Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . as to cause the horse to lift one of hishind legs, the snaffle being held sufficiently to prevent hisadvancing. An immediate pressure on the curb will causethe horse to replace his foot, slightly to the rear of itsnatural position. If the horse shall have turned to theright or to the left, he may be brought into place by theaid of the snaffle and the leg, and the movement of thehind parts may be repeated. This should be practiced fora time without trying to make the pupil recede to any ex-tent, th
Hints to horse-keepers : a complete manual for horsemen; embracing chapters on mules and ponies . as to cause the horse to lift one of hishind legs, the snaffle being held sufficiently to prevent hisadvancing. An immediate pressure on the curb will causethe horse to replace his foot, slightly to the rear of itsnatural position. If the horse shall have turned to theright or to the left, he may be brought into place by theaid of the snaffle and the leg, and the movement of thehind parts may be repeated. This should be practiced fora time without trying to make the pupil recede to any ex-tent, the first object being to teach him to use his hindlegs with facility, while he retains his general object being accomplished, it will soon be possible to • La piste is an imaginary line upon which the horse is made to walkWhen the hind legs follow the same line as the fore ones, the horse is saidto go dunepisU, or on one line. He goes de deux pistes, or on two lines-when his hind legs pass along a line parallel to that traced by ths fon\eg8 —Boucherf Didionnaire \ Fig. 21
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