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has been completed lift the left thumb and let out the loop of 

 the off lead rein, then, after giving the leaders more rein, let 

 the hands resume the position shown in fig. 6. 



To turn to the left, shorten the leaders' rein so that the 

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

 fingers over the near lead rein about five inches in front of 

 the left hand ( depending upon how sharp a turn you wish to 

 make ). Draw the near lead rein back over the forefinsrer of 

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

 you have shortened the rein sufficiently, drop the thumb on 

 the loop thus made. Grasp the off lead rein with the little 

 and second fingers of the right hand and insert the middle 

 finger between the off and near wheel reins. The near 

 wheeler may be made to follow the near leader by tightening 

 the near wheel rein with the middle and forefingers. Oppo- 

 sition may be exerted on each or both off reins ; or the 

 wheelers may be drawn back together. When the turn has 

 been made drop the loop and after giving the leaders more 

 rein, allow the hands to resume the position shown in fig. 6. 



TURNING ACUTE ANGLES. 



In turning an acute angle to the right, take up the leaders 

 as has been previously described. Then with the right hand 

 reach over the lead reins, and, grasping the near wheel rein 

 with the little, second and middle fingers, bring it up to the 

 left of the lead rein and back over the index finger of the left 

 hand, dropping the rein down in front of, and around, the 

 thumb, in such a manner that the rein will be held in place 

 by the fleshy part of the thumb near the wrist. Now make 

 a ten-inch loop with the off lead rein, holding the loop in 



