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requires. The outward leg must always assist the 

 inward, and vice versa / only never apply it opposite 

 the outward, except you wish to press the horse for- 

 ward equally with both legs, or when you are w^ork- 

 ing on a straight line. 



In passaging, particularly at a trot and a gallop, 

 the inward spur is often used, and sometimes with 

 great good effect, in front of the girth, particularly 

 when a horse will not give his head to the side he is 

 passaging to. 



At first, dismounted men are useful with the un- 

 steady horses, by taking hold of the bit-reins on the 

 side opposite to that to wdiich the horse is to step to, 

 and thus assisting the rider, who then only uses the 

 snaffle ; but all extraneous assistance should be as 

 much as possible avoided. 



After practising the " Bending Lessons " mounted, 

 for a few minutes, the Instructor gives the command 

 ''•To the right {or To the leff)^ March^^ and moves 

 the squad round the school two or three times at a 

 " Walk," and at a " Trot," to both hands. Caution 

 the men not to use the bits much the first few days, 

 but the snaffle, and bring the horses to face the bit by 

 degrees. In circle to the right or left at a trot, round 

 the school af a trot-out, walk, change hands, and 

 again trot, and every now and then bring them to a 

 walk, halt them, and make the men bend their horses 

 to the hand they are working to. 



Explain to the men that the horse's head and neck 



