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tern of Baucher : " Je ne veux pas de systeme qui 

 prend sur la vitesse des chevaux." 



The double-jointed snaffle, conjoined with the 

 other " aids," should, under a well set-up rider, 

 control a horse reasonably well made, and which 

 the man has ridden for a fortnight, under all cir- 

 cumstances ; but then the other " aids" must often 

 precede, and be only met, by that of the bit. In 

 fact, the rider must imitate the motions in his own 

 body, and his seat first communicate them to the 

 horse. 



§ 198. The " Aids." Although a perfectly sup> 

 pled horse will generally answer to the movements 

 given by the body of his rider, yet if unsuppled, or 

 fractious, certain forcing influences are required. 



These are called " aids,'' and together with them 

 we shall discuss some of the changes of gait and of 

 action which they are calculated to produce, and 

 which we have deferred from § 159. 



§ 199. The aids are four in number, namely, the 

 Bit, the Spurs, Pressure by the Seat bones of the 

 rider. Pressure by the Beins on the horse's neck 



§ 200. The Bit has differing actions according to 

 the changing relative bearuigs of the side of the 

 lower jaw on which it acts. For example, if the 

 left hind foot have just come to the ground, in the 



