HORSEMANSHIP. 



short in the left hand. Alas, poor horse ! he is then 

 pulled to the left by the left rein, driven to the left by 

 the whip on the right, and then abused for answering 

 their natural indication, which he has been trained 

 habitually to obey." 



With double reins, when the rider wishes to use only one 

 rein, he may put a slipk7iot on the other, at the desired 



Fig. 8. 



length, so that he may have it ready to take up at any 

 moment. It should be put well forward on the neck, so 

 that the horse, in extending his head, may not be liable 

 to bear suddenly on the bit to which the reins with the 

 slipknot are attached. ^' The reins should never be tied 

 in hunting, or in swimming a horse, since, by catching 



