TURN ON THE FOREHAND. 



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man at the time, taught, more than sixty years ago, this 

 method of mouthing to the late Mr. John Hubert Moore, 

 the famous trainer of steeplechase horses. 



TEACHING A HORSE TO TURN ON HIS FOREHAND. 



Having taught the horse by means of the long reins to 

 understand and obey the aids for turning on his centre, we 



Fig. 95. Making horse, on foot, turn on his forehand to left with whip. 



may proceed to make him equally proficient in those for the 

 turn on the forehand, which is a particularly useful means 

 for teaching him to go up to his brdile, by transferring 

 weight from his hind-quarters to his forehand, and for 

 giving increased mobility to the hind-quarters of the 

 rearer for instance. The turn on the forehand is the 

 normal way in which a horse changes his direction when 

 at liberty in an open space. 



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