32 HOW TO EIDE 



becomes light in front, and the theory 

 we support is in that case proved. 



We have seen that by overcoming 

 the resistances of the fore-hand we 

 can lighten that part without violence, 

 and when we come to the lesson upon 

 the gallop the same principles will be 

 applied to make the horse lead with 

 either leg. For if the fore-hand is 

 made light by the proper action of the 

 bit, that side will be made the Hghter 

 upon which the action is the more 

 strongly defined, so that to make him 

 lead off with the right leg we shall 

 raise that side with the right rein, 

 and the horse will move off with his 

 head in the proper position. 



