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RACE RIDING. 



If the whip is to be used by the right hand, the left 

 hand — of course supposing that both hands are on the 

 reins, see Fig. 3 — should let go the slack of the off 

 rein, should then slide forward on the near rein, and 

 grasp the off rein in the full of the hand, as shown in 

 Fig. 9. The left hand should go forward in a some- 



Fig. 9. 



what circular manner, and not directly to the front, 

 so that a perfectly even feeling on both reins may be 

 preserved the whole time. It is necessary to shorten 

 the reins in this way, for, when catching hold of a 

 horse's head with one hand, the reins should naturally be 

 shorter than when they are held in both hands. Both 

 reins being now grasped in the left hand, the right hand, 



