8 PARK RIDING. 



It is by the hand and the heel of a master that 

 a horse is dressed, and by the same means he 

 must be governed and guided by his rider. Ke- 

 member, you are always to be obeyed by your 

 horse, and to be perfect master of him — not he of 

 you. You should throw off all that has been 

 taught in the lessons of the schools, sit with 

 perfect confidence and ease, and feel yourself to 

 be complete master of your horse, and that his 

 duty is to obey you in everything; and never 

 forget that a well-broke horse has been taught 

 everything necessary to his usefulness and has no 

 preferences. Any one of the things he has been 

 taught to do he will readily do again at the 

 bidding of his rider. 



If a horse be obedient to the hand, and con- 

 stantly on the alert to perform what is required 

 of him by his rider, he may be said to possess the 

 qualifications required to make a good Park 

 horse ; some horses, however well broke and free 

 from vice, are slow in obedience to the motions 

 of the hand. Such horses require the heel in aid 



