AND SCHOOL A HOKSE. 35 



aid, and the whole education of the 

 horse will tend to make him quick 

 and lively in his motions, and ohedient 

 to the slightest expression of his 

 master's will. 



The horse, in hand and gathered, 

 will be put into the walk, and the rider 

 will practise the change of direction 

 to the right. Taking the curb-reins 

 in the left hand, he will hold the 

 snaffle-reins divided by the width of 

 his right hand. Upon arriving at the 

 point where a new direction is to be 

 taken, the rider will turn the head of 

 the horse by the direct apphcation 

 of the right snaffle-rein, and when 

 the horse turns into the new path the 

 left hand will be carried to the right, 

 so that the left curb-rein will press 



