ABOUT DRIVING. 



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ing quiet and being closed, so as to prevent the reins 

 from slipping through the hand. 



The manipulations of turning, stepping back 

 and stopping, (more fully explained further on), 

 are accomplished by the right (assisting) hand 

 grasping easily into the reins in front of the left 

 hand. The shortening of the reins, whenever neces- 

 sary, is carried out by drawing them back from be- 



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hind the left hand ; the lengthening^ by letting them 

 slip through the slightly opened fingers forward. 



The ^ohip^ or the instrument whereby the horses 

 should be animated to step forward, similar to the 

 pressure of the legs, or the application of the spurs 

 in riding, should not be used only for punishment, 

 but, particularly, as a meaos to regulate the paces 



