98 Curb, Snaffle, and Spur. 



curb-rein will be brought against the neck of the 

 horse : in bending to the left to pass to the left, 

 the bridle-hand will be turned so that the thumb 

 points to the ground over the left shoulder of the 

 horse, and it should then be carried to the left, 

 so that the right rein will take a tension with the 

 right side of the horse's neck intervening. 



While upon single direct lines in the united 

 trot, the horse should be practised in the reversed 

 pirouettes from that pace. 



If, in the united trot, the horse be passing 

 upon a single straight line, and it be desired to 

 move in the opposite direction, the rider will 

 bring the animal to the half-halt, bend the head 

 slightly to the right and fix the forehand in 

 place, while his left leg carries the croup about to 

 the right in the beat of the trot: when the 

 reversed pirouette is so far made that the horse 

 faces in the new direction, the animal will be put 

 straight, the balance between the forces be 

 resumed by a reduced tension upon the reins and 

 by demanding renewed impulses from the croup 

 (which must be met and measured by the hand), 

 and the horse will go back upon the path by 

 which it came in the same form of trot, without 



