HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



CHAPTER I. 



MILITARY RIDING NOT FIT FOR COMMON RIDING. 



Throughout Europe there is only one style of riding taught ; that is, the 

 soldier's one-handed style. Two hands should be used to the reins. 

 A soldier's horse must turn on the wrong rein. Common riders 

 generally turn their horses on the wrong rein. Result of this with 

 colts or restive horses. Indications are not aids. 



WHEN you wish to turn to the right pull the right rein 

 stronger than the left. This is common sense. The 

 common error is precisely the reverse. The common 

 error is, when you wish to turn to the right to pass the 

 hand to the right. By this the right rein is slackened, 

 and the left rein is tightened, across the horse's neck, 

 and the horse is required to turn to the right when" the 

 left rein is pulled. It is to correct this common error, 



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