60 EIDIiTG AND TRAIiq-IifG SADDLE-HORSES. 



which at first should be very light, to gradually increase 

 in force. The spur should never be given with a shock, 

 but the foot should be carried back and the rowel quietly 

 but quickly applied by lowering the toe. After the 

 horse finds that the spur comes soon after the pressure 

 of the leg, he will rarely require the application of the 

 severer form of the aid, and the whole education of the 

 horse will tend to make him quick and lively in his 

 motions, and obedient 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 practice 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 application 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 against the left side of the neck. The 

 legs of the rider will give such aid in bringing up the 

 croup in the new direction as the circumstances may 

 require. 



After the horse will turn readily to the demand of the 

 snaffle-bit, he will be made to take the new direction 

 with the unaided use of the curb, the left hand being 

 carried to the right so that the outside rein presses upon 

 the neck, and bends his head in the direction he is to move. 



Carrying the curb-reins in the right hand, and those of 

 the snaffle in the left, the change of direction to the left 

 will be made in a similar manner. 



