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such riders that some writers upon 

 the art advocate that the head should 

 be pulled to the left to lighten the 

 right shoulder, when the rider wishes 

 his horse to lead in the gallop with 

 the right side. Now it is agreed on 

 all hands that a horse's head should be 

 turned in the direction that he goes. 

 In the above instance the head of the 

 horse is turned to the left and he is 

 to lead off with the right side. Then 

 if his head is carried to the right to 

 change direction to that side, the horse 

 should, if he answers to his signals, 

 change his leg and be false in his 

 gallop. But when the heavy-handed 

 rider has on some occasion made his 

 horse rear, he finds that when the 

 horse is forced to yield to the hand he 



