CIRCLING HORSE ON FOOT. 



these forms of restraint should be lessened according as the 

 horse learns to obey the rein, and may be dispensed with 

 when their use is no longer required. Before turning the 

 horse, say, to the left, I change the reins into my right hand 

 with the right rein crossed under the left rein. I then 

 take a long step to the front with the left foot, slide my 

 left hand forward on the left rein, and, having got the 

 proper length, pull the left rein (see Fig. 92), while letting 



Fig. 88. Circling horse on foot to the right. 



the right one slip through the right hand, until the horse 

 is made to turn to the left. As soon as he is in the new 

 direction, I pass the right rein into my left hand and 

 crossed under the left rein. We should continue the turns 

 until the horse answers the rein as readily with his hind- 

 quarters as with his head ; that is, until he learns to turn 

 on his centre. 



In turning the horse at the walk or trot, it is necessary 

 in order that the movement may be executed with precision, 

 that the head of the horse should be turned towards the 



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