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 Question XII (p. ):
 * Is it advantageous to prolong the first part of training?
 * Bending lessons on the snaffle bit. When and how?
 * Easing the hand on the snaffle bit.

Question XIII (p. ):
 * How should the gallop be exacted in the first part of training?
 * The gallop taken by increasing the gait.
 * Utility of work on a circle.

Question XIV (p. ):
 * Backing. Method of execution.
 * With what horses especially should this movement be practiced?
 * Work at will.
 * Condition of the horse at the end of instruction with snaffle bit.

Question XV (p. ):
 * Instruction in the double bridle.
 * Steps to be followed in order to make a young horse accept the curb bit. Different ways of holding the reins.
 * Bending lessons. General principles. With the snaffle bit. With the snaffle and curb. With the curb bit.
 * Dismounted bending lessons.
 * Definitions. In hand. Lightness. The set. The gather. The assemble.

Question XVI (p. ):
 * Easing the hand on the curb bit. To what horses should this exercise be given?
 * What is meant by give and take? Action of the fingers on the reins.
 * Necessity of often returning to the lesson of going straight ahead.
 * Lesson with the spurs. When should it be given?

Question XVII (p. ):
 * Work at the trot. Rising to the trot.
 * Necessity of frequent alternating the diagonal pair from which the rise is made. Exception to this rule.
 * Lengthening and shortening the gait at the walk and the trot.

Question XVIII (p. ):
 * Work at the slow trot.
 * Small circles.
 * Serpentines.
 * Two track work.
 * Preparing for the assemble. Halts, half halts, and backing.