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ceed, while making the turns and circles, to gradually 

 dimmish the lateral effect of the inward rein on the mouth, 

 and increase the effect of the outward rein on the neck, 

 until the latter can be used to the almost entire exclusion 

 of the former. 



We should endeavour to finally obtain the turn by 

 merely laying the outward rein on the neck ; for the more 

 we pull on it, the more will we draw the muzzle away from 

 the side to which the horse is being turned ; and, conse- 

 quently, the indication on his mouth will be contrary to 

 that on his neck. 



Men who think, when riding with the reins in one hand, 

 and separated, according to the Cavalry Regulations, by 

 the little finger, that they can turn the horse merely by 

 shortening the inward rein, should try to do so when sitting 

 on the box-seat of a one-horse carriage, and holding the 

 reins in one hand. They will then find that, as the reins 

 are prevented by the terret-rings from being brought 

 against the neck, they will be unable to effect the turn in 

 the manner asserted. In turning the horse with the reins 

 in one hand, the hand has to be held higher than when both 

 hands are used ; for the effect of the outward rein on the 

 neck in turning increases according to the distance, from 

 the withers, of its point of contact. As the troop horse 

 may have to go over a country, he should go up to his 

 bridle more freely than the school horse. A state of 

 collection should be maintained with cavalry horses only 

 during the time it is necessary for the execution of some 

 particular manoeuvre and to keep their place in the ranks. 



THE POLO PONY, 



like the cavalry horse, should be ridden always with one 

 hand, except during his first lessons. He may be put 

 through the same course of instruction as the trooper (see 



