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to the right, it will be necessary to carry out the 

 left right counteraction entirely through the neck- 

 root joint, instead of allowing the right-left 

 counteraction to join and form the double action. 

 For this purpose, as the horse lands from a spring, 

 the rider would weight strongly his left seat-bone 

 in order to drive forward the left anterior line, use 

 the right spur to strengthen the right posterior 

 line, and, at the same time, give the horse his head 

 sufficiently to allow him to respond by carrying 

 through the trot, on the right fore and left hind- 

 leg, landing on the left fore and right hind-feet. 



Trot to Gallop. — For gallop to the right, the 

 gathering for the left right counteraction having 

 been made predominant, the right left counter- 

 action must be introduced before the completion of 

 one of the steps on the left hind and right fore-feet 

 so as to bring on the double action (§ 156). 



The rider shortens the right (inside) rein, carry- 

 ing his hand to the left, which give a preponder- 

 ance in working to the left head condyle ; he also 

 throws his weight on the left seat bone and uses 

 the right spur ; these aids develop preponderating- 

 ly the left right winding line. As the horse lands 

 on the right fore and left hind-feet, he gives a suffi- 

 cient amount of pressure to the right seat-bone, 



