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' yourself ' up ; you don't try to pull the bit up 

 through the corners of your horse's mouth. 

 What I wanted to say was that a turn is just 

 half a stop as far as your hands, leg and whip 

 are concerned. To turn to the right, use your 

 right hand and whip, but keep your left leg and 

 hand steady ; to turn to the left, use your left 

 leg and hand and keep your whip and whip 

 hand steady. When you turn to the right, 

 lean to the right instead of backward ; ' lean/ 

 not twist to the right, and turn your head to the 

 right so as to see what may be there. 



" If you were on the road, and did not turn 

 your head before going down a side street, you 

 might knock over a bicycle rider, and thereby 

 hurt your horse, which would be a pity," he 

 says, with apparent indifference as to the bicy- 

 cle rider's possible injuries. " Now go around 

 the school again. Left shoulder forward ! 

 •Right shoulder back ! Sit to the right ! Lean 

 to the left ! I told you to sit to the left, the 

 other day ? And that is the reason that I have 

 to tell you to sit to the right to-day. You over- 

 do it. Miss Esmeralda, if I were talking for my 

 own pleasure, I should say pretty things to you, 



