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by being pressed the strongest. The rider should 

 also lean his weight to the right, and the shorter 

 the turn and the quicker the pace, the more the 

 horse should be made to collect himself, and the more 

 both he and his rider should lean to the right. This is 

 well seen, when a man standing on the saddle gallops 

 round the circus. There the man must keep his position 

 by balance alone, and were he not to lean inward were 

 he for a moment to stand perpendicularly, he would be 

 thrown outside the circle by the centrifugal force. In 

 turning suddenly and at a quick pace to the right, unless 

 the rider leans his weight to the right, he will in like 

 manner have a tendency to fall off on the left. If, by 

 clasping his legs, he prevents this, his horse will be 

 overbalanced to the left when turning to the right. It is Do not turn 



on one rein 



bad, in turning to the right, to run into the contrary onl y- 

 extreme to the one-handed system, and, slackening the 

 left rein, to haul the horse's head round with the right 

 rein only. The horse's head should not be pulled farther 

 round than to allow the rider to see the right eye ; both 



