The Union without the Reins. 



able to depend upon his horse maintaining the 

 speed, action, and union, of the moment in which 

 the tension upon the reins is released. It is also 

 excellent discipline, on general principles, to ac- 



UNION WITHOUT REINS. GALLOP. 



custom the horse to move in a regularly cadenced 

 pace, without the support of the hand. 



This union without support can be readily 

 taught a horse which has been brought to carry 

 itself in the various forms of collection, by drop- 



