(3)...a. ...prior condition for the horse's balanced posture (...Gleichgewichtshaltung...), which can only result from the development of the hindquarters, is the release of all muscles from false tensions. This we accomplished in the process of bending (...Biegearbeit...) in a work, which by the same token permitted us to straighten the horse...
(3)...b. ...in this bending work we never lost sight of the fact that developments of the horse can succeed only on the basis of its continued sensitivity for the rider's propulsive aids, ...that is, its lively forward orientation (...dass es vorwärts geht...)...
(4)...a. ...the bending work was done on straight and curved lines. It is done on single and on double hoof tracks...
(4)...b. ...its initial goal is to bid one single hind leg to step fore and towards the center of weight, ...to thus effect its release and make it pliable. This goal can be obtained only if and when a proper lateral release throughout the horse's vertebra (...Längsbiegung...) occurs...
(4)...c. ...the circle provides an ideal opportunity for this bending work, because due to the horse's natural inward leaning, the inner hind leg is inclined towards taking up weight and elastic suspensions.
(4)...d. ...with increasing release of the horse's body (...Abspannung...) the passing of nerve impulses (Durchlässigkeit...) improves...
(4)...e. ...the rider thus, due to emphatic collaborations of propulsive and und retaining aids, is increasingly able for short periods of time to put the horse together more, that is collect it, and hence improve the distribution of its weight...