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ring on the pad, but from the small rings on the 

 head-stall immediately into the hand of the person 

 who holds the chambriere) must be used, one on 

 each side ; one string indeed might do ; the right 

 one in vv<^rking to the right, and so vice versa ; but 

 two are tnuch V,etter, and often necessary to keep 

 the hor»e in a proper position. Passing the strings 

 through the rings of the head stall is not necessary 

 when the horse carries his foreh{»ad high and well ; 

 and when they do pass through them, great care 

 must be taken, by a gentle use of them, that they 

 do not gag the horse ; these two strings must be 

 buckled together, and meet in the hand of the per- 

 son who holds the chamhriere, and who is on the 

 left side of the horse ; the snaffle-reins too must be 

 joined, and the person near the horse, who holds 

 them, must also be on the left side of him and near 

 his shoulder, holding the right rein of the snaffle the 

 shortest, to bend him that way, (as does also the 

 right string kept the tighest in the other person's 

 hand) and making use also of the left rein, when 

 necessary to keep the horse in a proper position, and 

 to guide him occasionally, as if he was on his back, 

 and never so as to take away from the bend. 



The lesson of the liead or croupe to the wall is 

 often done better in hand when the man who fol- 

 lows, and holds the chamhriere, has no long reins, 

 or else only one long rein, unless the horse is very 

 awkward, refractory, or playful ; for one of the long 

 reins is apt to get into the way of the man who is 

 nearer to the horse. When only one long rein is 

 used, it will be, of course, the right hand one to the 

 right, and so vice versa; and indeed, in other lessons 

 in hand, these long reins are no longer necessary 

 when the horse is grown handy, provided the man 

 nearer to him has a feeling, sensible, good hand, and 

 perfectly knows what he is about. 



On the head or croupe to the wall in hand, it is a 

 good way, at first, to have a man holding a long 



