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up, the horse will probably watch it, expecting a cut at 

 any moment, and his attention will consequently be dis- 

 tracted from his work, besides, it looks most incompetent. 

 When the rider, like a jockey towards the end of a race, is 

 waiting to use it as a stimulant to the horse to go on, and 

 does not know which hand he may be called upon to use, he 

 had best hold the whip six or seven inches from the butt 



Fig. 193. Swinging the whip forward, before bringing it up. 



end, so that he may be ready, if necessary, to change it 

 into the other hand without delay. In order to use the whip 

 with the right hand for the purpose in question, supposing that 

 both hands are on the reins, as in Fig. 158, the rider should 

 let go the slack of the off rein out of the left hand and 

 should slide that hand forward on the near rein, and 

 grasp the off rein in the full of the left hand, as shown 

 in Fig. 192. As explained on page 166, the left hand should 



