HORSEBACK RIDING 



Some riders knot the curb rein 

 and allow it to rest on the neck of 

 the animal, where if needed, it 

 can readily be grasped and be 

 brought into use. 



The Y/ay the rider uses the 

 reins is of the utmost importance. 

 A rider "whose hands convey to 

 the horse a sympathetic touch or 

 manner of holding the bridle 

 reins, most easily controls the 

 animal he is riding. A "heavy 

 fisted" rider gets less out of a 

 horse than another with "light 

 hands." The heavy handed in- 

 dividual has most trouble vsrith 

 his horse, w^hereas light hands se- 

 cure just the kind of control that 

 brings out the best there is in the 

 horse. A light hand is a firm hand 

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