HORSEMANSHIP. 



than our cross country and flat race style. It is fairly 

 well adapted for its special purpose, namely, that of 

 enabling the trooper to shorten the reins at will, with the 

 forefinger and thumb of the right hand, whose other 

 fingers are supposed to be occupied with the sabre or 

 lance. It is, however, wholly inapplicable to two- 

 handed riding, for, if the horseman wishes to use both 



Fig. 7. 



hands, he is obliged to lengthen out the off rein, in order 

 to get an "even feeling" on both reins, as in Fig. 7. 



If the rider has, now, to quit the reins with the right 

 hand, as, for instance, when he is about to use the whip, 

 he cannot take up the reins in the left hand in the same 

 prompt and secure manner, as he can by the " crossed " 

 method. I need hardly point out that any " fumbling " 



