Hayes, M. Horace, Brown, J. H. Oswald (Illus.) · Hurst and Blackett, Ltd. (London) · leaf 94
COLLECTING THE HORSE. 73 before and behind, like a spring, with his forces collected together and ready to be applied in any legitimate manner which his rider may demand. As, by collecting the horse, ‘we deprive him of taking the initiative ; we find that the practice of frequently collecting him… … sameans for curing him of hardness of mouth and stiffness of neck. A horse can be collected at any pace; but if I may venture to say so, he should not be collected at the halt ; for then there will be no harmony of action between the muscles of the head and neck, and those of the hind- quarters ;…
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