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TURNING. 



front of the left hand, as described in a preceding paragraph, 

 press the reins in toward the body with the right hand. 



TURNING. 



To turn to the right, shorten the leaders' reins so that the 

 lead bars hang slack and place the little, second and middle 

 fineers over the off lead rein about five inches in front of the 

 left hand (depending upon how sharp a turn you desire to 

 make). Draw the off lead rein back over the forefinger of 

 the left hand, first raising the left thumb. Whenever you 



think you have short- 

 ened the rein suflfici- 

 ently drop the thumb 

 on the loop thus 

 made. ( See fig. 7. ) 

 Place the right 

 hand over the off 

 reins and be ready to 

 grasp the off wheel 

 rein from the inside 

 with the little and second fingers, should the off wheeler 

 fail to follow the off leader in making the turn. At the 

 same time place the middle finger of the right hand be- 

 tween the near wheel, and the near lead rein with the fore- 

 finger over the latter, and thus be ready to exert opposition 

 should the horses on the near side turn too quickly. By 

 placing the middle finger between the lead reins they may 

 be operated separately or together. 



It will be seen that the wheelers may be drawn back to- 

 gether at any time in making the turn. As soon as the turn 



OFF LEAD 

 OFF WME 



EL' 



NEAR LEAD 



NEAR WHEEL 



FIG. 7. 



