CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 



RACE RIDING. 



PAGE 



Standing in the Stirrups 78 



Manner of Holding the Reins 8d 



How to Handle the Reins 8^ 



Starting • .... 83 



The different ways of Riding a Race ^7 



Judging Pace ^ 



Waiting . 89 



Making the Running 92 



Waiting in Front 94 



Keeping with one's Horses 94 



General remarks on Race Riding 94 



The Seat when Finishing 102 



On Finishing 105 



On riding Rogues 108 



On riding Pullers ^^^ 



Orders "3 



On the Use of Spurs during a Race — ^'5 



The proper way to use Spurs . . . . . • l^S 



On the Use of the Whip— '^8 



Using the Whip with the right hand 122 



Changing the Whip from the right to the left hand . . .126 



Effect of Punishment on Horses 127 



