18 HOLDING AND HANDLING THE REINS. [CHAP. 



length at one movement, with a very low, steady bearing. 

 Two hands may be used (Fig. 5). I conceive this to be 



FIG. 6. DOWN CLUTCH, REIN IN EACH HAND. 



Grecian the Grecian mode of holding and handling the reins (see 



mode. 



frontispiece and vignette, from the Elgin Marbles), except 



