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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



MILITARY RIDING NOT FIT FOB COMMON RIDING. 



VAOK 



Throughout Europe there is only one style of riding taught . . 2 



That is the soldier's one-handed style ........ 2 



Two hands should be used to the reins 5 



A soldier's horse must turn on the wrong rein 7 



Common riders generally turn their horses on the wrong rein . . 9 



Result of this with colts or restive horses . . . . . . 10 



Indications are not aids . . . . . . . .12 



CHAPTER II. 



HOLDING AND HANDLING THE REINS. 



Reins at full length 14 



The downward clutch , . .16 



The Grecian mode of holding and handling the reins . . . . 18 



The side clutch .^. . . . .20 



The two reins crossed in one hand. ... . ' O " '"' . 21 



A rein in each hand , . 4. ...,. #,.,-. A ...... . . .23 



Turn to the right, and left ; . T . . . . . . ' 26 



The hunting hand . ' ".->*-*' *"^ ';''''. . 2(5 



The rough-rider's hand ' * . . ' . : .' * .". . 27 



Fixing the hands . . . . ' . ."*.;" v - 28 



