32 PARK RIDING. 



The slightest movement of the hand ought to 

 command hnmediate obedience, but where your 

 horse shows disinclination or hesitation to obey, 

 you must bring in the heel to the aid of the 

 hand. "The strongest aid is that of puncture 

 with the spur ; the next in degree is applying the 

 calf of the leg; pressing with the knee is the 

 third ; and leaning upon the stirrups is the last 

 and least. They must be accompanied and keep 

 pace with the hand, for it is in the just correspon- 

 dence between hand and heel in which the truth 

 and delicacy of the art consists ; without this 

 agreement there is no riding, nor can anything be 

 done." 



" If you give the aids of leg sharply, without 

 sufficiently collecting the reins, the horse will 

 spring forward, the hand will not be ready to re- 

 ceive the action, the body will sway back, and 

 this disorder must continue till the reins are suf- 

 ficiently collected and adjusted. On the other 

 hand, if you collect the reins too short, and the 

 hand is too confining, you may request with the 



